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Re: “Stimulus package could face death by lard,” Jan. 28
Melanie Scarborough’s statement that “Ronald Reagan would be smiling to hear uberliberal [Nancy] Pelosi espousing supply-side economics” is wrong on one major point: Sending American workers a $600 check is not supply-side economics.
It’s obviously “demand-side” economics intended to drive consumer spending, rather than increase private investment as supply-side economists promote.
This stimulus package is not a permanent tax cut, does not reduce marginal tax rates and will not increase long-term investment in U.S. businesses. Will it work? Probably not.
Confirmation process threat to judiciary’s independence
From his recent State of the Union address, I gather that President Bush is living in a fantasy world, hermetically sealed off from the real world. However, I applaud him for his comment on the necessity for the U.S. Senate to give his federal judicial appointments an up-or-down vote.
In the past, the Senate has filibustered and dragged its collective feet on these nominations in an effort to force judicial nominees to promise in advance they will vote a certain way on certain issues as a requisite of winning Senate confirmation. This arrogant, unconstitutional behavior threatens the independence of the federal judiciary and should not be tolerated in America.
I’m glad President Bush sternly excoriated the Senate over this issue.
Lawrence K. Marsh
A Kennedy endorsement is not considered ‘change’
Re: “Kennedys pass mantle to Obama,” Jan. 29
Time for a change, gotta move forward, etc. And you’re going to do that by dropping back to the ’60s — and with Ted Kennedy no less?
Give me a break! This is a joke.
Chantilly
Teen pregnancy is linked to child abuse and neglect
Re: “Report: District child welfare knew of 59 youngsters who died,” Jan. 28
An even closer look at the startling statistics in the Child Fatality Review Committee report about the deaths of children who died in 2006 that were cited by Examiner reporter Bill Myers would very likely reveal that most, if not all, of these cases came from families started by teenagers.
Teen pregnancy lies at the root of many problems we face as a community and is linked to poverty, school failure, violence and substance abuse. Children born to teen parents are far more likely to be physically abused, abandoned or neglected; twice as likely to repeat a grade; and more likely to drop out of school than other children.
The District of Columbia pays a high price in dollars and cents for not preventing teen pregnancy, but the greater loss is in young lives. Far better to invest resources on the front end than deal with the tragic consequences described in the report.
Joyce A. Fourth Clemons
Communications director,
D.C. Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy
Bill Clinton outclasses George Bush 43 any day
Re: “The many lies of Bill Clinton,” editorial, Jan. 25
Like so many others, you can’t see the forest for the trees. I’ll take Bill Clinton and his so-called “lies” any day over the little Napoleon we have now. What about his lies?
Clinton’s administration was so much better than the inept, corrupt one we have now. At least he spoke intelligently and paid attention to domestic issues. We had a wonderful economy under Clinton — and it wasn’t by chance. My only regret is that he didn’t do more to end the U.N. sanctions against Iraq and get us completely out of the Middle East.
Now I’m ashamed to go abroad and admit I’m an American. Under this crummy administration, my American dollar is near worthless as we continue to export industry, import illegals and finance our useless wars with debt. Our poor foreign policy is to blame for many of these problems — not terrorists!
Hillary is even better than her husband and will help our nation, not hurt it as Bush 43 has.
Gaithersburg
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