Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

   Statements by the editor in the Oct. 23 issue seemed presumptuous regarding the 2001 tax cuts and their link to fiscal woes of late. He stated that returning money to the taxpayer is not always the right thing.
First of all, it was a refund, not a tax cut. The government collected an excess amount, so refunding the surplus made ethical sense.

   Unfortunately, a good portion of this country has been convinced by Democrats that their government knows best how to spend their hard-earned money.

   Reversing the cash flow only confuses the constituency, so why not stick with the status quo?

   Rest assured, Congress would have spent the surplus versus saving it as the editor would like to believe. History teaches us that congressional predecessors have determined our future, so responsibility for our current budget deficits should be blamed, in part, on the previous Democratically controlled government.

Ray Barreras
NE Campus