White House F--K UP

The delay of implementing AHCA for business is a gross lack of leadership. Business is bluffing and the White House blinked. Business implements healthcare plans all of the time they tend to change them every few years.  Anything that needed modification should have been done long ago. They can implement this plan they just don't want to and you all back down. This is a cowardly act on your part.  Finally we are going to have universal healthcare; but the White House is going screw it up to the point the Republicans can sell it to the people that it is such disaster, it needs to be dismantled.

  Ted Kennedy is rolling over in his grave.

Richard Ward PhD

 

Arm the Syrians rebels?

 

Yes!

If Assad wins this civil war Syria will become a failed state and l will suffer continued guerrilla action for years to come, keeping it a weak and unstable government.  Syria will be so crippled it will longer be an ally of Iran but an Iranian puppet state, dangerous to the region.  This Fact has become very clear to countries like Libya, Jordan and the Saudis, etc.

As reported by Reuters News: “… the rebel Free Syrian Army warned that it might target Hezbollah on its home turf.”  The Opportunity has presented itself to severely cripple Hezbollah, which can bring increased stability and boarder security to Israel. Over the long run, with Hezbollah no longer a force in Lebanon, it will be freed from Syrian and Iranian pressure hopefully increasing greater stability. And as aside, the 1982 attack by Hezbollah on a US Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 men needs to avenged

It is doubtful that there will a political solution to this civil war and in this case it is better be back the possible (not confirmed) devil we do not know vs the one we do.

The Republic gets it right

Bravo to you Laurie Roberts for focusing articles on the duplicity and lack of integrity in the Mayor’s office.  Pointing out that the city administrator is protecting his $43,000 + raise by playing Chicken Little “the police and fireman are going away.”  Point out the unwillingness and lack of intestinal fortitude of the Mayor to keep his campaign promises and make hard choices to streamline city government.  Pointing out that The Mayor and those on the City Council would rather do business as usual than eliminate the burden of the “Food Tax” at the financial expenses to those who have lost their jobs in this continuing recession.  Again Bravo to you Laurie Roberts

Phoenix City Food Let the Poor Eat Cake a solution

I have made it known to your office that I oppose the food tax and I have listened to your sound argument that it will expire by next budget cycle, which is too long, in my opinion.  There is compromise, a win, win situation which is not always the case for compromise.  Since it is coming back before the council, consider this, join the 1^st Ladies’ war on obesity:

1.      Eliminate tax on all food basics, i.e. milk, meat, bread etc.

2.      Tax all non-food essentials, chips, soda, candy etc.

3.      Tax fast food, Big Mac, Taco Bell etc.

4.      Adjust tax amount for items in #2 & #3 to make up and even exceed the loss of revenue from #1

If those of limited income do to loss of jobs or the working poor choose to use their limited funds on junk food so be it, the do not have my support. They do have my support that they should not be forced be taxed for the necessities of life.  Rebrand it as a Fat tax and become forward thinking health conscious public servants.