• Letters to the editor for Monday, December 3, 2012

  • I get angry when letter writers don't get their facts right.
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    Some of the "49 percent" do work and pay federal taxes. It comes out of their paychecks and the government makes interest on it. They do their tax returns, between credits and deductions they get that money back. The red states have a higher rate of welfare and government assistance, and a majority of "49 percent" are Republicans.
    The Obamacare contraceptive mandate is not for the Church. It only affects the Church's "businesses," such as schools and hospitals. Does it stop you from praying, going to church, having faith, or learning the Catholic teachings in any way?
    The Republicans started the voter ID requirement right before the election as a way to make Obama a one-term president. Now they seem to have forgotten they wanted to pass that law. The scandal-ridden administration would be Bush's.
    The DOE loan program that funded Solyndra was started by Bush in 2005. The Bush administration advanced the Solyndra loan guarantee for two years before Obama became president. "Fast and Furious" was a series of gun-walking sting operations between 2006 and 2011.
    I could go on, but you get the idea.
    Sharon Mania
    President Obama has spent the last four years blaming all the country's problems on the previous administration, George Bush. Now he can't blame the prior administration since that's him. So who to blame?
    I think I have the answer: Unemployment goes up, the economy gets worse, gas prices go up, welfare and food stamp rolls increase, the stock market goes down, any or all will be Hurricane Sandy's fault. It's perfect, nobody likes her and she's not here to defend herself.
    Since Obama never accepts blame for anything that goes wrong, Hurricane Sandy needs to step up.
    John Habersberger
    New Paltz
    To a recent letter writer, I must respond by writing that I am one of the 51 percent, although I am far from being undereducated with a college degree, a skilled machinist and sheet metal mechanic. I am self-taught in industrial and package engineering. Before my motorcycle accident, caused by another driver, I was an applications programer, fluent in many computer languages.
    Because of the accident, I have a twisted spine and four titanium bolts holding my shoulder together, and I still have two wires embedded in the facial bones around my eyes. Plus I was in a coma and near death for six weeks. This accident has forced me onto SSDI.
    I will match my work history and education with the letter writer any time.
    So how dare he say I am undereducated with no reasoning ability and blissfully ignorant. He is just bothered that the conservative thought was rejected by a majority of the Americans in this past election.
    Rik McGuire
    New Paltz
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