Scott Cisney

Private industry doesn't always do what's best

(UNEDITED)Mr. Jay Abrose, in a recent featured editorial, wrote an article titled "Government good intentions rarely turn out good". A popular idea that rouses many to action. The only problem is that he is wrong. The idea that everything that government does is bad and of no benefit to society defies what we see in front of us every day. Think about this the next time you drive from Salt Lake to St. George on interstate I-15, a part of a great interstate highway system, buitl with federal and state monies. Consider Mr. Ambrose when you take your LIpitor in the morning to cut your risk of heart attack. You aren't likely to die and your drug will likely reduce your cholesterol. I'm sure the drug companies would have done all the testing necessary to produce a safe drug on their own, without FDA guidelines. When you snowbirds go to Arizona this winter think about the evils of federal programs as you drive across Hoover Dam or the Glenn Canyon Dam. Those were built with federal money, decades ago, and are still producing electricity and storing water. Come to think of it, when you snowbirds get sick this winter and go to the doctor or hospital, consider what you would do without medicare, a federal program. Would ANY insurance company insure you at your age for ANY price. but not to worry, medicare will insure you.

Too many opinions are shaped by propaganda

The Sept. 3 letter, "Obama seems bent on the death of capitalism," has produced yet another example of a serious problem in our representative democracy. The opinions of many people are being shaped by organs of propaganda. The letter writer stated that Obama is dismantling capatalism. He then went on to list some things he believed demostrated that. It seems clear to me that he has heard and seen only what he wants to, what confirms his pre-conceived ideas.

Utah should stop voting straight-ticket Republican

I read the June 11 news article, "2,000 ATK jobs at stake." It is a bad situation for the communities in northern Utah.

It made me think that we are reaping a harvest of what we've sowed. As everyone knows, Utah is heavily Republican. I know large percentages of voters vote straight Republican. I know that Republican presidential candidates receive around 67 percent of the vote each election cycle. The trend and results are obvious and clear to anyone.

I recall hearing a political scientist at the University of Utah make a statement that I believe is true: "If you want to be irrelevant, vote for one party on a consistent basis."

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