Opinion Line Extra (Feb. 15)

I watched an interview with New Hampshire voters and realized our country is lost. A person of the male gender stated he honestly believed Hillary Clinton would be “great” to lead our country. We have fallen so far.

Ted Cruz will stop at nothing because he has nothing to lose. I mean literally Cruz has nothing to lose, because the U.S. Constitution prohibits him from being president.

Bernie Sanders says taxes will be raised on the middle class, but they will make it up by other benefits. But by the time he beats up on capitalism, increases taxes on everyone, and escalates U.S. debt through the stratosphere, the job growth and take-home wages will be depressed even further.

This election cycle for Democrats is right out of “Ghostbusters” – Gozer the destructor played by Hillary, with the destructor in the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man played by Bernie.

Terminate all foreign aid and provide health care for all U.S. citizens. We would reduce the deficit, and we would stop funding health care for citizens of other nations. Seems pretty simple to me.

Columnist Cal Thomas must be so rich he does not realize that for 98 percent of us, the Republican agenda of privatizing Medicare and Social Security, returning to for-profit health care, getting into more wars, cutting funds for public schools, and poisoning water supplies is gloom and doom (Feb. 10 Opinion).

Why are people buying so many guns? What are they afraid of? They believed the NRA lie that Obama is going to take their guns, so gun dealers can sell more guns and make more profit. If it were true, Obama had already seven years to do it.

It is little wonder people dislike Kansas. If the wind doesn’t blow you away, the ignorant rhetoric of right-wingers will.

When will the state legislators finally admit they and the governor have created a financial crisis in Kansas, and expect small-business owners to pay state income tax? How many of the legislators benefit from this perk?

Strange how some state officeholders who campaigned loudly against “overreaching” by government are passing laws almost daily micromanaging and telling Kansans how we have to live. Is it really conservative ideology that drives them, or just a need for power and control?

The thought of libraries being obsolete? It’s a sure thing with computers. The need for libraries as we know them will not exist. Same way with today’s newspapers. It won’t be long. If new libraries are built, they should be made to fit in today’s society.

I think the U.S. Postal Service should consider another look at the word “service.” Just ask the folks in Dighton how it is working out for them.

This story was originally published February 14, 2016 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Feb. 15)."