Put aside re-election interests for nation’s good

To the editor:

President Barack Obama's call for increased exports to help us get out of the recession and to generate additional jobs is best implemented by the reduction of corporate income tax rates to equal those of our foreign competitors. This should immediately help in putting our unemployed back to work.

The resulting lower costs of goods and services also would result in increased domestic sales, as was demonstrated in the "Cash for Clunkers" program, under which consumers were required to spend money in order to benefit from the cost savings, rather than receiving a cash payment that went toward savings and debt reduction and did not help the economy.

The remainder of the stimulus funding should be redirected to reduce taxes without the need for any additional deficit funding.

The politicians must set aside their personal interests -- getting re-elected -- and instead be more concerned with the immediate plight of our unemployed.

Henry Schmid

LAS VEGAS

Reid fan

To the editor:

During the early years of my adult life, I became aware that my silence during a debate -- be it political or of some other nature -- was often misunderstood as agreement. During my 47 years in Las Vegas, I closely followed the political scene from the outside, as I'm sure many of your readers do. During the past several years, I have read the letters to the editor and various other columns to the point that I cannot remain silent without the fear that I might be considered in agreement with them.

The letters and columns that I'm referring to dealt with Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada. They have been extremely negative and very defaming of a man I have respected.

I have followed Sen. Reid and several other candidates throughout the years. I feel strongly that Sen. Reid has always done an honest and credible job in every position he has held. I have never seen the senator duck a problem, nor have I ever seen him take a side that wasn't his personal and truthful position.

Sen. Reid has never been owned by any group. He has very much been a man of the people.

As a young man and now an older man, I was aware that internal rot in politics is the greatest threat to this country. I feel comfortable with the good senator representing us in Washington and I give him my one vote to continue to do so. I have strong feelings for President Harry S Truman, and I'm sure Sen. Reid has the same attitude that President Truman had when he said, "The buck stops here."

Kenneth Divich

LAS VEGAS

Bad form

To the editor:

GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden was recently on the radio talking about the 1981 attempted car bombing of Sen. Harry Reid.

After being disrespectful to one of our country's leaders, how can she continue to run for office?

Let's hope she has learned her lesson and will stick to the Democrat-approved strategy of going before local schoolchildren and calling the president a loser.

FRANK Alumbaugh

NORTH LAS VEGAS

Jobs and Reid

To the editor:

It's a full year before we get to celebrate a Harry Reid retirement party, but my evening meal is yet again being interrupted by one of Sen. Reid's sickening campaign ads. This one features Wall Street veteran and current MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren talking about how proud he is of Sen. Reid "helping" him save CityCenter. Makes one wonder what kind of promises Sen. Reid had to make to Mr. Murren's 50 percent partners in Dubai. Perhaps he traded his hole in the ground at Yucca Mountain.

Don't these economic geniuses understand those 12,000 jobs "saved" simply come at the expense of another venture not undertaken, or are being cannibalized from existing properties on the Strip?

Do they really think they were conjured up from nothing?

At least the ad gives us insight into the thought process of the mind that developed this white elephant in the first place.

DOUGLAS HUNTER

LAS VEGAS

What choice

To the editor:

Current House legislation will ban my high-deductible health care plan. My wife and I are covered by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield for $620 per month with a $3,000 annual deductible each. At 55-plus, we are very pleased with the plan, and it has covered our expenses as expected, including one week of hospitalization last year.

This plan was our choice.

If the House legislation passes, I will be offered more choices? But not my current plan? And pay higher taxes?

Huh?

Gee, I wish I was as smart as Nancy, Harry and Barry so I could understand this.

Tony Righellis

LAS VEGAS