Opinion
Letters to the editor, Jan. 12
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Published: January 12, 2013
Level the fieldPublished: January 12, 2013
Why does Marty Moore get to rattle off his opinions about things in his op-ed page column, when the rest of us are limited to a maximum of 200 words in a letter to the editor? Moore is certainly entitled to his opinion, but it should be placed in the letters to the editor with a word limit like the rest of us.
I am sure the majority of readers could care less what my opinion is about the politics of this country and likewise could care less what Marty Moore's are — nothing personal against Moore.
Let's just play the way Obama would want it and level the playing field.
Jim Dalrymple
New Port Richey
Missed message
The Jan. 5 letter to the editor from R.C. Parker objecting to an editorial page commentary by Rhonda Swan urging the Republican Party to embrace the policies of President Barack Obama was wrong. In the four years that Obama has been president, he has managed to regain the majority of the respect and trust of our allies that George W. Bush demolished.
If Florida refuses to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, as Parker suggested, people needing medical care and the people paying for the state's arbitrary stance would suffer.
I find it interesting Parker cited the movie "2016: Obama's America" as a reference to check facts. In every way during the 2012 election the GOP alienated some part of the public — the young, the old, the white, the black and the women. Evidently, Parker still has not gotten the message: "2016" was fictitious and health care reform is here to stay.
Of course, this new health program will need tweaking, but it is a good start to providing America with the same level of medical care other countries have been providing their citizens for years.
Everett Houghtalen
New Port Richey
All the people
U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Seminole, 82, voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill. U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, 49, voted against it and against Speaker John Boehner, a member of his own party.
How, on an issue of such vital concern to all Americans, could they be so diametrically opposed? Is their wisdom in age? Could be. Did one vote for compromise and the other for ideology? Could be.
Both are members of the "People's House" and must represent all the people of the entire country.
Gerald Goen
Tarpon Springs