Politics & Government
Letter to the Editor: Republican Platform Would Be New Direction for Washington
Letter writer pulls items from the Republican platform. Do you agree or not with it? Tell us in the comments.
To the editor:
Do we want a New Direction for Washington?
Privatize - Outsource - Deregulate
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Abolish Obama care
Criminalize ALL abortions
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Deny all rights to LGBT's
Reduce Social Security benefits
Abolish unemployment benefits and minimum wage
Reduce education funding and financial aid
Require photo ID for everyone
No collective bargaining for all public employees
Increase tax on earned income (wages & salaries)
Eliminate tax on unearned income (capital gains, dividends, etc)
Reduce corporate tax rate
End inheritance ("Death") tax
Restrict access to voting
Deregulate, allow industries to police themselves
Oppose legislation limiting capacity of clips or magazines for guns
Abstinence only sex education
The above are examples of the over 450 planks of the 19 pages of the 2012 Republican Platform.
The republicans want to retain excessive subsidies to big polluting oil companies and reject any subsidies for renewable clean green energy sources as proposed by Jay Inslee. Subsiding renewable clean energy is picking winners and losers. Supporting big oil is good policy. It generates contributions for the right wing agenda.
Read all of the Republican platform before casting your ballot.
Jim Adams
Lake Forest Park
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