Letters: A party divided

Published: Saturday, Jan. 5 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

I am a strong conservative, but I am thoroughly disappointed with the Republican party.

Not only did Barack Obama win re-election, but he also managed to divide the Republican party. This resulted in the Republicans giving away the store. The so-called "American Taxpayer Relief Act" was passed by both houses. In the Senate, only five Republican senators voted against the bill. In the House, which has a Republican majority, more than 35 percent of Republicans voted for the bill. Now, we pay higher taxes with spending cuts not even close.

This is a disaster. If the Republicans would stay true and be united, they could have blocked this bill from the president's desk. They could have done better in slowing the escalation of our national debt.

Alan Carabine

Kaysville

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one old man

Ogden, UT

Or could the real problem be the fact that Republicans -- like Reagan, Bush and Bush and their friends in Congress -- are actually responsible for at least 50% of our fiscal problems?

It's much easier to try to assign blame than it is More..

8:29 a.m. Jan. 5, 2013
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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Had Republicans blocked the bill, income tax rates would have increased on all Americans.

8:33 a.m. Jan. 5, 2013
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

Mr. Carabine,
Your party has divided itself. No one is forcing your primaries to elect bullheaded extremists that are unable to work well with others. And the conservative solution to our deficit needs to include something more than "block More..

8:49 a.m. Jan. 5, 2013
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