Letter writer: There is a now-public video of a private fund raising party for Mitt Romney showing the ex-governor saying quite loudly and clearly that 47 percent of the U.S. population are not paying Federal income tax are living off the government dole and that “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
Brown voted against equal pay legislation
This is just to remind voters that Scott Brown – along with every other Republican senator – voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have helped American women earn equal pay for equal work.
– ALLEN WHITE, Longmeadow
Obama’s record is full of failures
President Obama visits Emily Young, first time voter, and student and University of Miami at OMG Burger, Thursday in Florida.To all my Democrat friends:
What is it about Barack Obama that you like?
Is it the historically high unemployment? Is it the fewest people working since 1981? Is it the $16 trillion deficit?
Is it the half billion dollars wasted on Solyndra?
Is it the lack of respect in the world he has brought us? Is it the way he has disrespected Israel and its prime minister? Is it his proposed dismantling of the military? Is it his continued use of class warfare?
Is it the credit he takes for your success? Or is it just because he is a Democrat?
Think about it.
– BOB PUESCHEL, South Hadley
Mitt Romney should emulate his father
There is a now-public video of a private fund raising party for Mitt Romney showing the ex-governor saying quite loudly and clearly that 47 percent of the U.S. population are not paying Federal income tax are living off the government dole and that “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
There has been much discussion about how misleading this statement is since 80 percent of the 47 percent he is referring to are working at low-paying jobs below the income level required for income tax and many others are living off Social Security and not receiving enough benefits to pay income taxes.
That being said, the real irony of his statement is that his father, George Romney was born in 1903 in Mexico and moved to Texas in 1912 to get away from the Mexican Revolution. The important part of George Romney’s history that Mitt Romney has forgotten is that the Romney family lived on welfare when they returned from Mexico.
The government helped the Romneys survive poverty, and helped again when the Great Depression hit in 1929. Gov. George Romney never forgot where he came from and spoke about it when he was running for public office. Without the federal government’s welfare assistance program, Mitt would just be another guy like the rest of us. How could someone for whom welfare and government assistance was so critical in his family’s history speak with such disdain about those who need it today to survive.
– ED MAXWELL, South Hadley
News media biased in favor of Obama
Recent letters to the editor have labeled Charles Krauthammer and Elizabeth Parker as being respectively a shill and a tool for Mitt Romney.
The letter writers found it extremely alarming and seemed shocked that the columnists could be so biased in favor of a candidate.
They must be kidding!
Now let’s consider who is biased and acts as a shill or tool for President Obama. They include most of the columnists appearing on the editorial pages, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, the Associated Press and practically all of the newspapers in Massachusetts, except the Boston Herald.
This has been the case since Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency.
At least we can get opposing viewpoints from FNC, as well as occasionally from some columnists, so that both sides of the story are available for those who may want to know.
– DAVE MICHAUD, South Hadley
Can Scott Brown keep eyes on road?
I have to laugh every time I see Scott Brown’s advertisement “On the Road.” In his pick-up truck he is driving along while being taped, looking at the camera most of the time and not the road.
Also, he seems to be driving with only one hand on the wheel. It makes me wonder if he might also text and/or use his cell phone while driving. Would he handle his role in the Senate in much the same way (with his eyes off the road)?
– SALLY CYR BREHART, Springfield