All communities are affected by violence Re: “Murder of Vietnam vet ignored by media,” From Readers, July 5
The overarching response of Mr. Smith appears to lie somewhere between racial separatism and lack of awareness. It is sad when problems in society such as violence are relegated to pigmentation. The devastating events at Columbine, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma City were not portrayed as white-on-white crime.
If our nation is to advance and claim the true greatness of its destiny, then all communities must be embraced. It must become the responsibility of each citizen to protect and build prosperity community by community.
So let us not speak of the “black community” as separate. When we take such a course, we are merely mounting a slow march to the unraveling of our nation’s core.
Dianna Tafazoli
Alexandria
Out-of-control executive branch must be checked
Re:” If Obama ignores the debt limit, he’ll totally get away with it,” July 5
There is now private debate in Washington as to whether the executive branch should ignore the national debt limit and continue to sell Treasury securities regardless of whether Congress authorizes further borrowing or not. This line of reasoning takes us one step further along the path toward the greatest threat to liberty ever conceived by man: a unitary executive power vested with supreme authority.
We have allowed the executive branch to suspend and ignore Fourth Amendment rights in the name of security, usurp the law via executive order and regulatory decree, and engage in hostilities against foreign nations without congressional approval. How much more abuse will we suffer before we protest? How far will the executive branch be allowed to encroach on the legislature before it meets resistance?
Consolidation of power is no recent phenomenon, and guilt can be laid on both parties. We must put aside our differences and recognize the danger that a supreme executive poses to our republic. An unbounded executive branch that willfully ignores the Constitution must be checked. The predominant authority of government must be wrested back into the hands of the people’s representatives in Congress — where it rightfully belongs.
Sam Chick
Dover, Del.
Obama’s CAFE standards will kill more jobs
Now is not the time to be imposing expensive new regulation on the auto industry. Car sales have remained slow, yet the Obama administration insists on kicking car dealers while they’re down.
Requiring automakers to nearly double the average fuel economy may raise the price of vehicles by thousands of dollars, forcing a tremendous cost on both automakers and consumers. If the Obama administration is so focused on job creation, why are they encouraging costly regulation that will likely kill jobs?
This is extremely inefficient, though not a surprise coming from Washington.
Elise Amyx
Grand Rapids, Mich.
