Mailbag: Reader Comments from August 21, 2002

Paul,

You make a good point about Bush doing the principled thing in SD but, so far, he has a track record that is not much better than Clinton as far as I’m concerned:

* Steel Tariffs

* Campaign Finance Reform

* Education Legislation

* Endorsing a Palestinian State and “The Bush Doctrine” on terrorism out the window (coddling Pakistan, the Saudis, etc.)

* Political pressured witch hunts of all corporate CEOs

* Silence instead of principled leadership on the ponzi scheme of Social Security

……the list goes on.

Let’s not kid ourselves about how principled this president is. The only real principles he has been consistent on are those religious principles which are a dangerous threat to liberty. He’s clearly for bigger government and you seem to be more of a Republican apologist than a principled voice for Capitalism.

Again, I don’t really get your organization Citizens for a Sound Economy – how can one advocate principles for a sound economy but ignore the moral argument underlying such?

Dear Mr. Beckner,

You must be kidding!?

Pres. Bush has signed every budget busting bill that Congress has sent him.

Frugal? You make me want to throw up.

Do you take us for dummies?

Name one federal program that he has cut. One. Only one. Just one.

Sincerely,

J.W. (who can’t pay his taxes with his current salary.)

Thanks for CSEmail Update 51.

And thanks for the new site dedicated toscrapping the tax system! And,especially, thanks for the quote from the insightful Alexis de Toqueville.

R.C.

this is an excellent product. well designed and very informative. congrats.

M.F.

YOU DON’T NEED TO SCRAP THE TAX CODE—YOU NEED TO FORCE THE IRS et al. TO
GO BY THE WRITTEN LAW.

IF CONGRESS WON’T DO ITS JOB, CHANGING THE CODE WON’T HELP ANYWAY.

J.D.

I lost the arguement with the liberals on privitation of social security. The government should only force a citizen to invest a minimum to protect their retirement. If the government forces a person to ivest, but allows part of that to be invested in an account that could disappear, then the amount invested in the private account was not abosolutly necessary. As conservatives we should be supporting as much freedom as possible. Social security should be a minimum tax, not 14% as it is for the self employed, allowing the individual to control their own funds. Privitzation still allows the government direct control of my income. Of course I invest beyond social security.

C.C.