It's curious that the Oklahoman would publish Mr. Womastek's letter, and one wonders if this is a classic Point/Counterpoint set-up by the editors.
Indeed. Don't say I didn't tell you, because today, we see a letter from Rich MacMillan of Shawnee, who predictably writes a rant straight from right-wing media outlets:
The federal government has no money. It's $16 trillion in debt. If Washington wants more money, it'll have to come out of our pockets or it will have to be printed or it will have to be borrowed from China. All of these alternatives hurt this country now and later.This is nuts. This guy has no idea how macroeconomics works and has totally bought into crazy scare-tactics about China. And what the hell is this that the government produces nothing? Is he stupid? Like, I'm pretty sure that an aircraft carrier is something. I'm sure that the high school that he likely dropped out of was actually something. The roads he drives on are something. It's delusional-- truly delusional to think otherwise.
We don't need to borrow. We don't need inflation. We need to eliminate a bunch of useless government. Government, in and of itself, produces nothing. It only tells us what we can and can't do. And, it's paid very well for doing that! The big question is this: How do you tell government to fire itself?
As for the complaints about being told what one can and can't do-- holy hell. Perhaps he'd be fine if the government didn't tell the local fast food place what it had to put in its hamburgers and he could eat grilled sawdust and spoiled ketchup. Or if his anti-depressants were just Mike & Ikes.
People like Mr. MacMillan are truly stupid and it is insulting that a major newspaper would run such a letter. (And even bother to bold the "very"!) The Oklahoman should be ashamed. But unfortunately, they're probably all too happy to run this sort of drivel.
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