Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the guest column “Republicans fight government excess,” published in Tuesday’s Daily Lobo. In his column, James Wernicke summarized his interpretation of the Republican agenda. The column was in response to a call for political submissions so that the Daily Lobo could feature opposing viewpoints on the issues for this election season.
Dear Mr. Wernicke,
While I agree with and understand your stance on shrinking the federal government and allowing the states to control more of the laws and regulations, I disagree with your statement that Republicans are for this and Democrats are not. I believe there is currently no major party in the United States that is for truly smaller government.
So with that statement, let’s look where the Republicans truly stand on smaller government. They believe in less government for businesses large and small, and less regulation on pollution and banking. They support cutting taxes, which would shrink the government if they truly followed through with balancing the budget, wars and all.
But on the other side of the coin, they support growing the government in family values and other personal choices. Also your comment that the reason that Republicans didn’t respond to the call for columns is that they are all busy working, and the insinuation that Democrats are not working, is just a low blow and crass. I happen to vote more often with the Democrats than Republicans, because if I have to choose between two groups that are going to grow the government, I prefer the way that the Democrats grow it over the direction that the Republicans want to go.
So I guess my reason for taking so long to write any responses to any columns, or even a column myself, is that I work 40 hours a week, I’m a part-time graduate student, a father and a husband.
George Rosier
UNM student
