Politicians need to listen to voters
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Editor,
Enough already with the posturing and recriminations over the U.S. deficit. What is it about a balanced budget amendment that so upsets the Democrats and some old-time Republicans? That’s what we do in Montana – and what we responsible people do in our households.
Now that the conservatives have raised the prospect of serious action (in cut, cap and balance), we find all sorts of folks on Capitol Hill and in the White House don’t really care for fiscal responsibility. It might result in them losing their supporters in corporate America, the so-called disenfranchised (e.g., welfare cheats and illegals) and, of course, the powerful and moneyed unions.
Stop with the phony scare tactics – between the White House and the Democrat leaders in Congress, no one should believe what is being spewed out. On the Democrats' side, I see nothing wrong with greatly simplifying the IRS tax code and closing the loopholes that enable a company like General Electric to make billions while paying no tax. While we’re at it, let's rescind all those "exemptions" that have been given to corporations and unions when they complained about financial hardship caused by Obamacare. Let’s just enact a "flat tax" that everyone pays.
We have representatives who are not watching out for the interests of independent voters.
Jon, you have been a complete non-entity when it comes to critical national issues. Voting for stimulus and Obamacare may have helped you to gain some purchase on good Senate committee assignments, but your seat on the Banking Committee hasn’t helped your constituents one bit. Max remains a lost cause for this Independent. Denny Rehberg, withdraw all legal action against the City of Billings and their firefighters. That’s just plain shabby.
Bob Hanson
Dayton
