Thursday's letters: Some misreading history

Published: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 6:23 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 6:23 a.m.

Let me see if I have this right. According to Mr. James Lawson (letters, Dec. 17), if we study psychology, we will become more tolerant of views contrary to our current capitalistic beliefs. This study will lead us to understand that only a tiny fraction of our strained and overpopulated society concentrates the vast majority of wealth and that the majority of Americans are getting the short shrift because of capitalism. And, because humans are so fragile and on the verge of being consumed by disaster (only to be saved by social safety nets), these perilous times dictate that we should temper our limitless capitalistic gain and become genuinely altruistic. Finally, Mr. Lawson concludes that because some people have amassed billions of dollars while others starve is evidence enough that capitalism is contrary to Christianity and socialism would better serve America.

Chris Hindman (letters, Dec. 28) must have earned a post-graduate degree in psychology because he agrees with all of what Mr. Lawson says and goes even further by adding that “socialist countries are not shredded by individual and corporate greed like America,” and “citizens share more equally in socialist countries,” and suggests that Jesus was a socialist by adding that “He (Jesus) disdained greed.”

I don't believe that I missed anything.

These two writers, in my humble opinion, should have spent more time reading their history books instead of their psychology books. I don't think that Karl Marx believed Jesus was a socialist. Marx thought Jesus was a drug dealer filling the masses with an opiate.

Application of the Lawson/Hindman theory says that greedy capitalist like Carnegie, Rockefeller, Buffett and Gates should not be because there are poor people. If we transfer their wealth to others, everyone will be better off, health care will be cheap and we will be more Christian-like. Right?



Politicians don't care about us

I am writing you to discuss a few ideas.

Our president, Congress and Senate do not stand up for us. They are too busy trying to get richer, buying jets and getting kickbacks. They use their power to corrupt America, instead of protecting its citizens. Our government sends billions of dollars to foreign countries while America borrows money from China every day, and we are trillions in debt. What sense does that make? The president's, Congress' and Senate's salaries need to be capped. Any kickbacks from individual people or companies should be eliminated, due to favors expected in return from the person who accepted them. If you are an employee in a company, you are not allowed to take kickbacks (bribes), as that is unethical. What is the difference? We need to clean up our country before we try to help other countries who don't appreciate us anyway.

Bring our soldiers home to protect our borders, not foreign countries. Put them three deep. The inner circle should be used to clean up gangs and guns. The second should clean up drugs and capture drug lords. Use the third circle to round up illegal immigrants and put them back across the border. Also, put two soldiers standing guard at all our schools to deter random violence there. Let's be proactive in preventing violence instead of reacting after the fact. The key idea is to SHOW FORCE. Our soldiers are getting paid to do a job, so why not let them protect US.

This is a fact. Illegal immigrants get all the free benefits that our country offers, with few taxes paid in return.

Politicians have lost all respect for the taxpayer.

Consider me a concerned, tax-paying citizen.




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