Federal government is Toyota’s biggest competitor
Re: “Yikes! The tale of the runaway Prius,” editorial, March 15
Speaking of investigative journalism, why hasn’t anyone explored the option that this Toyota recall is being blown up by the federal government to prop up their new car companies? While that notion may border on hare-brained conspiracy theory, it is at least worth looking into. A conflict of interest is clearly present here. I would not be surprised in the least if these “Toyotas gone wild” stories continue to leak into the press. Chances are the majority of them will be hoaxes, either for attention or for money. Is it so different to think the government is doing the same thing? Call me crazy, but I think the next organization that should be checked into is the government itself.
Clancy Pershing
Washington
Dems should know when to fold ’em
Re: “Axelrod thread to GOP: ‘Make my day,'” March 14
As a registered Democrat, I can admit that the public opinion polls speak for themselves: Passing health care reform is political suicide right now. Despite this fact, Democrats are seemingly moving forward. In other words, if this was a poker game, they are going “all-in” even though they know they are destined to get slaughtered at the polls in November. Why not just fold? Even though they will lose a lot, it’s better than upsetting virtually every American who’s been paying attention. I want health care reform, and I believe many others do, too. But I don’t think that any politician should push forward with all this evidence telling them that they shouldn’t.
Milton Juniper
Silver Spring
Voucher experiment has run its course
Re: “Del. Norton ignores constituents,” March 15
Jonetta Rose Barras insists D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is misrepresenting her constituents by getting the congressional mandate to provide school vouchers off their backs. But in fact, many of her constituents in this citadel of liberalism oppose vouchers. When Congress started its voucher experiment, it did so in a context of the city’s catastrophically failing public schools and the accompanying lack of political will to do anything about it. Since then, charter schools now educate almost a third of public school students, the mayor has taken control and installed a take-no-excuses chancellor who is turning the schools around and producing real results. Vouchers worked; they pushed the city to do something about public education, but having achieved its objective, the experiment need not continue lest it become another sacrosanct program with a vocal special interest constituency preventing it from being canceled.
Dino Drudi
Alexandria
