SAVE Act deserves support
Editor, OBSERVER: Last year, Rep. Shuler (D-N.C.) introduced the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088) and you were one of the first members to co-sponsor it on Nov. 6, 2007. As you are well aware, the SAVE Act will remove the job magnet that attracts illegal aliens to this country, and will also penalize employers who violate U.S. immigration and labor laws by hiring these illegal aliens. The SAVE Act combines work place enforcement with enhanced security at the border and has considerable bi-partisan support. However, you are also well aware that there are many in Congress who are trying to prevent the bill from ever reaching the floor of the House. They are succeeding, and your inaction is helping. One hundred and sixty bi-partisan cosponsors have not been enough to convince House leadership to move the act through the legislative process. Therefore, your co-sponsorship of H.R. 4088 is no longer enough, you need to sign the discharge petition to move the SAVE Act to the floor. The SAVE Act re
» Full StoryDoing the $700 billion math
Editor, OBSERVER:
Buy a home for $80,000, which is the average sale price in our area. Find a greedy mortgage broker and roll in closing costs, the car loan, a past medical bill and credit card debt.
New loan price — $116,50
Columnist spins truth on Obama, Bush
Editor, OBSERVER:
I have just reread Stephen Kershnar’s commentary on “The loud — and quiet — Obama” (OBSERVER, Sept. 10). It seems that the rich and upper middle classes are getting a bum rap on taxes and Obama is planning
Fuel cheaper with the gas cap tax
Editor, OBSERVER:
The OBSERVER, in frequent articles, has discussed the desire by County Executive Greg Edwards and some in the county legislature to eliminate the cap on the gas tax. I strongly oppose raising taxes on gasoline.
Criticism may have been too harsh
Editor, OBSERVER:
My recent letter regarding the Seventh Day Adventist Church may have been a bit too much of “ready, fire, aim” writing. (July 24, Is Seventh Day Adventism really Christian?) My sincere apologies for any and
Momentary fix is not the answer
Editor, OBSERVER:
Not only must you listen to economists of the caliber of Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, you must stop the further degradation of our system of checks and balances by giving the executive branch even further unilater