Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 3/4/09 Section: Opinion
It's or its?
Adam Roberts writes: "No one has ever been confused because I replaced 'its' with 'it's.'"
Perhaps not, but you would have confused your readers had you written this sentence: "A clever dog knows its master."
Or is it: "A clever dog knows it's master"?
In the first instance, you have an obedient dog. In the second, not so much.
Sincerely,
A militant grammarian
Katherine Shurlds
Journalism professor
Wrong direction
In response to the editorial of Mr. Abel Tomlinson, the re-emergence of the Keynesian economic doctrine under President Obama is the exact opposite direction that we need to follow to regain our economic foothold.
Since his election on Nov. 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost almost a third in value and continues to dive: minus 300 this Monday (courtesy of Yahoo! Finance). It is clear that the numerous "spendulus" bills have not helped.
And while President Bush failed to rein in Republican congressional deficit spending, the cost of the Iraq war does not amount to trillions. According to Nationalpriorities.org, the Iraq war amounts to a total of 600 billion as of present, plus interest over five years (10 billion per month); that amounts to 200 billion less than Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Obama spent in one bill!
We arrived at this point today through government interference in the banking and housing sectors, i.e. The Community Reinvestment Act. The fact is that returning money and economic power to the people leads to the most prosperity.
Ronald Reagan turned double-digit stagflation and an equally painful recession around in three years by lowering the top tax rate to 28 percent, encouraging strong dollar monetary policy and remodeling the tax code (doubling government revenues by eliminating loopholes).
Oh, I forgot to mention, he also defeated the most powerful military enemy of the United States: the Soviet Union.
Charles Guerriero
Freshman
Economics
Adam Roberts writes: "No one has ever been confused because I replaced 'its' with 'it's.'"
Perhaps not, but you would have confused your readers had you written this sentence: "A clever dog knows its master."
Or is it: "A clever dog knows it's master"?
In the first instance, you have an obedient dog. In the second, not so much.
Sincerely,
A militant grammarian
Katherine Shurlds
Journalism professor
Wrong direction
In response to the editorial of Mr. Abel Tomlinson, the re-emergence of the Keynesian economic doctrine under President Obama is the exact opposite direction that we need to follow to regain our economic foothold.
Since his election on Nov. 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost almost a third in value and continues to dive: minus 300 this Monday (courtesy of Yahoo! Finance). It is clear that the numerous "spendulus" bills have not helped.
And while President Bush failed to rein in Republican congressional deficit spending, the cost of the Iraq war does not amount to trillions. According to Nationalpriorities.org, the Iraq war amounts to a total of 600 billion as of present, plus interest over five years (10 billion per month); that amounts to 200 billion less than Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Obama spent in one bill!
We arrived at this point today through government interference in the banking and housing sectors, i.e. The Community Reinvestment Act. The fact is that returning money and economic power to the people leads to the most prosperity.
Ronald Reagan turned double-digit stagflation and an equally painful recession around in three years by lowering the top tax rate to 28 percent, encouraging strong dollar monetary policy and remodeling the tax code (doubling government revenues by eliminating loopholes).
Oh, I forgot to mention, he also defeated the most powerful military enemy of the United States: the Soviet Union.
Charles Guerriero
Freshman
Economics
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Mark McCollum
posted 3/04/09 @ 2:23 PM CST
It doesn't take much to debunk Abel Tomlinson when it comes to economics because he is a complete socialist nutcase. I'm just glad I'm not the only one calling a spade a spade whenever this stupidity comes out of his and others' mouths. (Continued…)
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