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Please give us term limits that will put new faces in Washington.
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President Obama claims his new health care bill is deficit-neutral. How does that happen? By taking in 10 years of new taxes and providing benefits for six years. Who wrote this bill? Bernie Madoff?
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It hasn't gone unnoticed that those screaming the loudest about the horrors of government-provided health care (GOP politicians, Medicare recipients, etc.) all happen to enjoy government-provided health care.
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Yes, the recession started with President Bush in the White House. The month when the polls showed Barack Obama with a substantial lead in the polls, the economy tanked. That is what happened under Bush.
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Kansas needs to eliminate all state income taxes and replace them with sales taxes. More and more people are working for cash that goes unreported in their tax filings.
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Where did the Kansas Senate get the insane idea that pop leads to obesity in children and adults? What about the thin people who drink just as much pop? While legislators are at it, why don't they tax fast food for every 5 grams of fat? And what about candy companies? Ever heard of diet pop?
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My state just keeps amazing me. A tax on soda? Something else I'll have to shop for in Oklahoma when I make my weekly trip to the casinos.
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I took a big black marker and blacked out every word of the March 16 letter to The Eagle from Margie Phelps of Topeka. I did this to copies of every Wichita Eagle that I came across that day — at my office, my child's school, my church, my gym, etc. It made me feel really good.
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To the person who sees nothing wrong with using 50 plastic shopping bags from Walmart: How about if everyone dumped those bags on your front lawn? Would you care then?
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As I was approaching the entrance to Sam's Club, a U.S. Postal Service truck pulled up in front of the door and parked in the fire lane, marked "no parking." I pointed it out to the driver and he told me, "I can park anyplace I want." Can that be correct? No wonder the post office is going broke, with employee attitudes like that.
