S-T letter to the editor writer Ron Holscher of Ogallala complains that Adrian Smith isn't doing his job, "five months into the job." after the landslide victor last November, I would say he is doing a good job, except for the vote to allow the oil company subsidy. We should be against every form of subsidization in this country, but that is a horse for a different race.
I don't know Holscher, but it seems to me he is one of the few people in District 47 who voted for the other guy. You can argue that Smith is voting with his constituency as his election was so one-sided.
The truth of the matter, financially speaking, in order to save the long-term economic and geopolitical security of the U.S., we must alter in a structural manner, the way in which we appropriate and spend money at the federal level. The S-T said it right in a piece the other day: We are far too dependent on this country to provide us the solution to our problems, too quick to judge politicians, not by what they do for the country, but by what the do for US.
If we allow the government the power to provide a certain minimum guarantee to our lives, it is an exercise in math and patience before They will have enough time and money to ensure that we all live at that minimum value. While we generally are much more afraid of this conduct at the national or state level, we must also guard against this at the locals governmental level. An example of this is, given the current economic climate and uncertainty, why does the Cheyenne county government maintain a policy of zero dollar contributions for employee health benefits? Why, since they are the governmental agency, unable to modify the policy that exempts elected officers and their deputies from and changes to regular staff, (presuming they seek to require employee contributions in the future)? Who is giving you all of your health benefits for free?
As a member of the opposition to Mr. Holscher's point of view, I respect his thoughts, but likewise respectfully disagree with his assertions.
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