Dear Editor, Paranoia set in as I was humiliated by having a small pocket knife upon entering the court house. I was wondering also whether if you displayed too much cash upon entering taxes would rise out of this mist. I received a sermon about safety and had to travel a block back to stash [...]
Dear Editor, Voter turnout is not always the fault of the voter. When I went to renew my driver’s license I passed the test. I even had eye surgery to be sure that I could pass. I had my money out to pay and was told no. My name did not match with social security. [...]
Dear Editor, Few people are taught, and therefore do not know, that only 4.5-5 percent of all humans who have lived on earth have lived and experienced “Freedom”. When we read of the Egyptian Pharos, and the multitude of slaves working all of their lives to build a pyramid for the Pharos’ burial, we do [...]
Dear Editor, I think that when a president invests taxpayers’ monies into a failed business he should have to pay damages as an ordinary citizen should. Sincerely, Dick Waltrip Mermentau P.S. It’s not HIS money.
Dear Editor, In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama pledged to combat climate change and to move forward with development of our nation’s oil and gas resources. Fulfilling these commitments will include a key decision whether to allow unrestricted liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-U.S. markets or to establish limits or [...]
Dear Editor, Sunday’s paper on April 7, 2013, had a letter to the editor from my brother “Earl” from Crowley arguing against the sales tax because it adversely effects the low income. I agree with that 10 percent of his comments, but disagree with the other 90 percent. A well thought out plan could reimburse [...]
Dear Editor, Perhaps the greatest temptation towards idolatry is worship and serve self. Though few will admit idolizing self. We find that evidence shows otherwise. As far back as Adam and Eve, we see that human tendency is to desire to be our own god. And Satan’s tactics have not changed; he still uses the [...]
Dear Editor, I do believe that reducing the state corporate and income tax would benefit the state, but how can anyone with two brain cells and a straight face say that increasing sales tax does not hurt the poor? A man with a family making $100,000 a year will pay, maybe $20,000 in income tax [...]
Dear Editor, In the United States of America, the largest entity is the government and the sovereign leader of the government, the President of the United States, is paid $400,000 through his annual salary. The President of the United States of America receives a salary that is minimal, at least in comparison to the salaries [...]
Dear Editor, The Daily Advertiser newspaper recently published an investigative report that found several judges in Lafayette, Acadia and Vermilion parishes spent nearly $900,000 in public funds over a five-year period to purchase lavish gifts for themselves. A review of judicial expense accounts found local judges charged taxpayers for elaborate fish tanks in their offices [...]
