good letters in Sunday Globe on the Lesser One

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Scott Brown "wrote" a classic Republican-style pro-business oped earlier this week. e
(if you care, I know you guys can dig up the link -- it was March 8, and there's a hyperlink to the article if you look up the first LTE through the url given below . here are some relevant snippets. . . "we must reduce (!!!!!) tax rates and give business more long-term certainy about the tax code" : "Growing our economy will require Washington to stop its binge spending habits" When I started to erupt: when it became clear that this is all about a bill he's introducted with the Amy Klobuchar ("A bipartisan bill I"ve introduced, the Brown_Klobuchar Innovate America Act, would cut through the red tape that's holding back our manufacturers and boost science and technology innovation. ". . because, of course , NO ONE ELSE IN MA has been working for 35 years to support small businesses and to support technological innovation, right??!! :mad: :nuke::grr:). Oh, and for extra enjoyment, he's structured it as a letter to the President.
:grr:

Here are two great LTE's in reply. #1, in particular, is a gem:
#1. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/03/13/gop_has_a_way_of_blaming_big_government/

REPUBLICANS ARE masterful at taking problems of their own making and repackaging them to have us believe that big government is to blame. Senator Scott Brown’s March 8 op-ed “The job ahead of us’’ is a case in point.

I would like to remind the senator that the largest recessions and unemployment rates in past decades have been a result of Republican policies that have proffered a lack of regulation and oversight over the business and financial sectors. Republican-championed policies have resulted not only in huge trade deficits, but in the massive outsourcing of middle-class jobs and weakening of unions, the organizations responsible for keeping obscene executive pay and wage inequalities in check.

Most Americans are financially worse off than they were three decades ago. Senator Brown’s solution: Give businesses and the wealthy more breaks, reduce regulations, and let’s not forget to admonish the president about “binge spending.’’ What? Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush were the biggest federal spenders and creators of the national debt.


Brown’s purported “pro-growth policies’’ sound reasonable, but let’s be real. To create civic trust and security, we must examine our largest budget-buster, the military, and create social and corporate policies that restore jobs and equitability.

Laurie Stillman
Milton

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#2.http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/03/13/looking_toward_2012/

YVONNE ABRAHAM (“Odds tilting to Brown,’’ Metro, March 6) repeats the conventional wisdom that Scott Brown will be hard to beat for senator in 2012. Yes, he has managed the all-too-easy feat of positioning himself as what passes for a moderate Republican these days, but next year’s presidential election will feature a substantially larger — and younger, poorer, and less white — electorate than he faced in the January 2010 race to replace the late Ted Kennedy. Regardless of his personal qualities, Brown will face a tall order in convincing hundreds of thousands of voters to split their tickets and support a senator who opposes most, if not all, of President Obama’s agenda. The question is less how Brown sells himself than whether Democrats understand these circumstances and succeed in nationalizing the election.

Daniel Schlozman
Cambridge

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1. Unfortunately. it seems as far as Brown goes, all he needs to do is be likeable.

He really isn't and I suspect never will be a great statesman. And, his grasp on issues is limited also. I hope a better Democrat comes along to beat him in 2012.