Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Opinion
Everyone affected by taxes
Dear Editor,
In light of recent articles about taxes and tea parties, beginning namely with "Taxes not Student's Cup of Tea", and branching out to the objectivity of Ms. Sorensen's article, I would like to clarify what I feel to be a serious misjudgment on the part of certain authors.
The demonstrations, or "Tea Parties", as they have become known as, are peaceful protests that give ordinary Americans the chance to voice their disapproval over the stimulus bill and the exorbitant taxes that ensued because of it.
The stimulus bill will affect everyone, rich or poor, married or single, big businesses and little businesses, whether or not they make "$250,000" or not. My father makes nowhere near that amount of money each year, he has six children, two of which are in college, and four of which are in elementary school up through high school. However, according to the government, he is "upper class" and therefore has already had to fork over more tax money, though we are currently having to take out loans just to pay for college. Some tax break. The $787 billion dollars isn't just for the wealthy to pay, folks, the Obama administration is going to make everyone dig out their wallets to contribute, whether they can afford it or not. That is the true reason behind all these tea parties, excessive taxing, and not merely for our generation today, but for future generations who already have a heavy burden of debt waiting for them.
Thomas Jefferson understood well the problem of disproportionate taxing when he said, "Loading up the nation with debt and leaving it for the following generations to pay is morally irresponsible. Excessive debt is a means by which governments oppress the people and waste their substance. No nation has a right to contract debt for periods longer than the majority contracting it can expect to live."
Ms. Sorensen described in her article exactly what she saw, unbiased and clear-cut, and what hopefully every one of us will see over time, which is ordinary Americans, young and old, with a vision to see true government restored, where national representatives step up and take responsibility to actually represent the people's concerns and issues, instead of merely their own.
Kristin Cotton
Freshman
English Creative Writing major
Dear Editor,
In light of recent articles about taxes and tea parties, beginning namely with "Taxes not Student's Cup of Tea", and branching out to the objectivity of Ms. Sorensen's article, I would like to clarify what I feel to be a serious misjudgment on the part of certain authors.
The demonstrations, or "Tea Parties", as they have become known as, are peaceful protests that give ordinary Americans the chance to voice their disapproval over the stimulus bill and the exorbitant taxes that ensued because of it.
The stimulus bill will affect everyone, rich or poor, married or single, big businesses and little businesses, whether or not they make "$250,000" or not. My father makes nowhere near that amount of money each year, he has six children, two of which are in college, and four of which are in elementary school up through high school. However, according to the government, he is "upper class" and therefore has already had to fork over more tax money, though we are currently having to take out loans just to pay for college. Some tax break. The $787 billion dollars isn't just for the wealthy to pay, folks, the Obama administration is going to make everyone dig out their wallets to contribute, whether they can afford it or not. That is the true reason behind all these tea parties, excessive taxing, and not merely for our generation today, but for future generations who already have a heavy burden of debt waiting for them.
Thomas Jefferson understood well the problem of disproportionate taxing when he said, "Loading up the nation with debt and leaving it for the following generations to pay is morally irresponsible. Excessive debt is a means by which governments oppress the people and waste their substance. No nation has a right to contract debt for periods longer than the majority contracting it can expect to live."
Ms. Sorensen described in her article exactly what she saw, unbiased and clear-cut, and what hopefully every one of us will see over time, which is ordinary Americans, young and old, with a vision to see true government restored, where national representatives step up and take responsibility to actually represent the people's concerns and issues, instead of merely their own.
Kristin Cotton
Freshman
English Creative Writing major
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