Weekly Editorial Recap
FRIDAY
WELCOME BACK, Mr. PRESIDENT
President Obama is in Las Vegas, where he's holding an invitation-only fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, among other closed-door events. The president is welcome; he should be courteously received.
That said, it's too bad the president isn't planning to mingle with average Nevadans and visit our shopping centers incognito, to get a look at what his economic policies have really wrought -- what a city with 14.1 percent (official, understated) unemployment looks like, under an administration whose main economic goals seem to be the punishment and prevention of capital formation and business growth.
The president might have gotten an earful, here at ground zero of the Great Recession. ...
What about "cap and trade" and your carbon tax? ... Your administration admits this legislation will artificially drive up power bills and other energy costs. Mr. President, is that supposed to help cash-strapped Nevada firms create new jobs? If it causes air fares and gasoline prices to soar, will that help bring the tourists back? ... And a "VAT" or add-on national sales tax -- is that next?
Nevadans have a long tradition as hard-working frontier entrepreneurs. Nevadans would rather have a real, private-sector job than a handout. How many of your high-level appointees have any experience creating such jobs, Mr. President? Do you see that as a problem?
