As we begin to get into the full swing of the political “silly season,” I want to take a moment to point out why I think the economic stimulus package passed by the current Congress and supported by President Barack Obama was a good thing.
The “Party of No” is trying to paint the package as a waste of money, and claim that it’s done more harm than good to our economy.
Nothing could be further from the truth, in my opinion.
I believe the stimulus money is what kept our economy from going completely into the toilet, and that if that allows the supporters of former President Bush’s economic programs to regain control of the federal government, they will turn the steering wheel of the economy back over to the Wall Street greed heads who nearly drove us off the cliff.
In my case, the $8,000 home-buying credit allowed me to hire no less than four different local contractors to do improvements to the home I bought in the summer of 2009.
This worked out to better than three weeks of work combined, and it very well could have been income these contractors may never have earned had I not been able to hire them.
The stimulus money has worked, and if anyone is interested in learning more, they can get additional details at www.recovery.
pa.gov. We’ve come too far to go backward.
Rick Thomas,
Lewisburg
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Pay for home care
On Dec. 15, President Barack Obama announced a proposed rule that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. This is an exciting development for home care workers across the country.
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Public investment
Public investment? Pennsylvania's funding of our local schools is a crying shame. Sure, times are tough, but the state managed to come up with $10 million for Bucknell University, a private school, to have a new bookstore in downtown Lewisburg. I'm still not sure how Bucknell wrangled that deal or why a private university is entitled to public funding.
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Ill-conceived measure
Ill-conceived plan. It is imperative that motorists drive safely and courteously when approaching bicyclists. The only problem with the new bicyclist law requiring motorists to allow four feet of distance between their cars and the bicyclists is that this will place the car in the opposing travel lane or require it to cross the yellow line in a no-passing zone.
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Heroic workers
I was astounded when I saw Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011's headline "Workers tackle robber over $603".
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Cell phone ban
Last week I was reading "Cell ban tough to enforce" in The Daily Item and it was very controversial.
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Worth $603?
The article on Dec. 20 in the edition of The Daily Item about the Dollar Tree robber caught my interest.
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Alarming ailment
In the Dec. 20, 2011 issue of The Daily Item, I read the article "Childhood disorder bolsters research."
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Public obligation
As part of her argument for home schooling, "Studying in Pajamas", Jan. 20, Joanna Wert dismisses public schools and "the majority of American workers" with a few condescending generalizations. She goes on to extol her own children's virtues and accomplishments, and then lists famous people whom she claims were home-schooled.
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