Letters

Letters: Parents care most

A disturbing aspect of the advent of Common Core that I have not seen yet in the media is the way it was implemented. Read more »

12 hours ago

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Letters: Caucus fails to represent

It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus system is not representative of the voters, and the delegates, endowed... Read more »

12 hours ago

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Letters: Dismantle IRS

What more evidence do we need to replace the income tax with an uncomplicated, straightforward national sales tax on manufactured goods (not food and utilities) than what we've learned about the... Read more »

12 hours ago

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Letters: Internet sales tax, the consumers' last word

In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on products purchased from out-of-state sellers Read more »

yesterday

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Letters: Move to the center

Dan Liljenquist's gleeful recounting of adversity in the Obama presidency is unfortunate ("Chaffetz's search for truth in Benghazi paid off," May 16). Read more »

yesterday

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Letters: Disaster vs. disease

Everyone expects the government to step in and help the victims of this most recent tornado as it has in the other recent natural disasters. Read more »

yesterday

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Letters: The buck stops here

Hearing of the administration's recent scandals, it's refreshing to remember President Truman who kept a placard on his desk which said: "The Buck Stops Here." Read more »

May 21, 2013

20 comments

Letters: IRS corruption

Recent revelations about the corruptibility of the IRS targeting people who had the audacity to believe in the U.S. Read more »

May 21, 2013

11 comments

Letters: Government, health care

Lew Jeppson stops short of the conclusion he should have drawn ("The real death panel," May 18). Read more »

May 21, 2013

18 comments

Letters: Beware of the slippery slope

Was it irony or poetry that resulted in Hyrum Anderson's letter "Gun logical fallacies" being placed on the page adjacent to Michael Gerson's column about the recent exposure of IRS abuses of power ("IRS abuses bring out the... Read more »

May 21, 2013

5 comments

Letters: More for malnutrition

As we celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day, my thoughts go to those parents around the world who are unable to provide even the very basics to their children. In the last 30 years, there has... Read more »

May 20, 2013

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Letters: No welfare, ever

Why can't people learn from history and realize it is not the role of government to "provide" for the poor? When the government confiscates from taxpayers, which is mandatory, to give to the less... Read more »

May 20, 2013

77 comments

Letter: On Armed Forces Day, reflect on sacrifices and thank the troops

As a member of America's communities, please stop and take a moment today, Armed Forces Day, to reflect on the sacrifices made, on your behalf, by our troops. Then, reach out and demonstrate your... Read more »

May 18, 2013

4 comments

Letters: IRS unpaid furloughs will 'severely impact' taxpayers, employees

In a move that likely is unprecedented, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will close all of its public operations on five separate days between now and Aug. 30, telling its employees to stay home... Read more »

May 18, 2013

15 comments

Letter: The real death panel: Republican votes to end the Affordable Care Act

Seniors and fellow baby boomers, you need to understand that the Affordable Care Act (Obamcare) is necessary for the survival of Medicare. For the 37th time, House Republicans voted to repeal the... Read more »

May 18, 2013

30 comments

Letters: Paycheck Fairness Act

I am a mother, writing in honor of all women for Mother's Day last week, and speaking out in support of the Paycheck Fairness Act. Read more »

May 17, 2013

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Letters: Deception and government

During the 2012 election campaign for the U.S. presidency, David Axelrod, Harry Reid and others in the team directing the Obama campaign developed a strategy of political expedience. Read more »

May 17, 2013

31 comments

Letters: What federal land?

I keep hearing about all the federal land in Utah and other states. Personally, I would like to see the bill of sales from all the states to the federal government. If there is none, it is state land. Read more »

May 16, 2013

38 comments

Letters: C02 not a toxin

From 1981 to 2013 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies has been headed by Dr. James E. Hansen. Read more »

May 16, 2013

42 comments

Letters: Benghazi-gate

Let's see if we can draw some parallels between the Watergate incident and the Benghazi-gate incident. Watergate consisted of a break-in to "steal" some political advantage and was covered up by then-President Nixon. He denied for... Read more »

May 16, 2013

29 comments

Letters: Apraxia Awareness Day

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a speech disorder that seriously interferes with a child's ability to develop clear speech. Read more »

May 15, 2013

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Letters: Utahns boiled frogs

Most of us know how to boil a frog, don't we? The best method is to start with room temperature water and raise the temperature just one degree at a time. Otherwise, the frog jumps right out and escapes, scalded, but lives to see... Read more »

May 15, 2013

9 comments

Letters: Sugarhouse madness

I do not live in Sugarhouse but over many years I have driven along 1100 East/Highland Drive. I go to Sugarhouse for shopping and to the post office on 1100 East. Read more »

May 15, 2013

4 comments

Letters: Obamacare a trainwreck

As a 20-year career health agent, I think Obamacare is a trainwreck waiting to happen. It is a bill 2700 pages long that apparently was never read or understood by anyone in Congress and is now followed by 75,000 pages of rules and... Read more »

May 14, 2013

41 comments

Letters: Gun logical fallacies

In nearly every debate on gun policy someone will argue that registration is the first step toward confiscation and then tyranny Read more »

May 14, 2013

64 comments

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