Dear Editors:
"The Dispatch has been warning about this devastating confluence for years..."
So you state in your Saturday editorial about the economic train wreck the country is fast approaching. Really? Then why oh why did you endorse for President the same "engineer" who drove the train so incompetently the previous 4 years?
Did you think Bush would suddenly discover that his "borrow and spend" policy was a disaster in progress?
Did you think someone would eventually tell him that Reagan got away with it for 8 years only because Clinton was able to dig us out of the hole; but now after 5 years of Bush, the hole is too deep, the shovel is in hock, and the shovellers' are all reaching retirement age?
(my letter continues, below)
And who will tell him? His staff brags that he neither watches the news nor reads newspapers. His "town meetings" are staged events with rehearsed questions. His press conferences are exercises in code-word regurgitating denial. Maybe Jesus will tell him? Let's pray He does.
But back to your endorsement: What were you thinking? Really. Tell me. I want to know. WHY did you endorse this idiot?
Sincerely...
I thank the DKOS community for letting me vent my spleen here--while the LTE itself goes to the Dispatch, and from there (undoubtably) to the island of never-to-be-published rants. (Hey, I really tried this time. See. I didn't type ALL CAPS. And no long strings of !!!!!!!'s.)
Anyway, the Dispatch editorial I am referring to starts out:
Anyone listening?
Nation's day of fiscal reckoning draws nearer, but leaders do nothing
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Those aware of the looming fiscal crisis facing the United States often liken it to an impending train wreck. The only problem is that when someone realizes a train wreck is imminent, they try to do something about it.
Not so with the financial problem facing the United States. Few with the power to act seem to care about what will happen when reckless overspending by the federal government is combined with the vast increase in entitlement spending set to begin as 70 million baby boomers hit retirement age and begin claiming retirement benefits.
The lead elements of this demographic tidal wave will reach retirement age five years from now, unless they opt for early retirement, in which case they'll make their appearance just two years from now.
The Dispatch has been warning about this devastating confluence for years, but has seen little sign that the nation's leaders take the matter seriously. For this reason, The Dispatch was pleased to see USA Today publish what was, for a paper dedicated to bite-sized journalism, a relatively vast front-page story on this topic on Tuesday.
The rest can be found here. (But that link may be good for Saturday only, and may need subscription).
If you can't reach that, you can reach the USA Today article it refers to. Also this.