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...terrorists struck Mumbai while election campaigns were underway in four Indian states. The long queues of voters and the results - victory in three states for India's ruling Congress party - are a clear message to the terrorists that their cowardly killing of innocent people cannot make Indians afraid. India's government is working to make the country a safe and prosperous place for investment. The international community should do its part by putting pressure on Pakistan to eradicate its schools of terrorism. Jacob Sahayam adelaide, South Australia...
...disagrees that all these bailouts are giving the American taxpayer heartburn, but why are the automakers under such tight scrutiny when AIG quickly received about twice as much as the Big Three are asking for? In both cases, awful management created the need for a bailout, but suddenly Congress is getting a conscience about spending our money? Yes, one might say that financial companies are more important, but letting automakers fail could push a bad recession into a depression. Jason Toney, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
...understand why there's no talk in Congress about moving auto manufacturers' health-care systems into the federal system in exchange for an equity investment that--as journalist Thomas Friedman has suggested--requires the hybridization of their entire fleet. The federal system includes several large health-care units. Why not take Detroit's health-care needs off the automakers' hands and develop a single-payer system before rolling it out on a national scale? Not having to worry about the medical needs of personnel would make Detroit automakers better able to compete with other companies. Matthew Ernst, OCEAN ISLE BEACH...
...disagrees that all these bailouts are giving the American taxpayer heartburn, but why are the automakers under such tight scrutiny when AIG quickly received about twice as much as the Big Three are asking for? In both cases, awful management created the need for a bailout, but suddenly Congress is getting a conscience about spending our money? Yes, one might say that financial companies are more important, but letting automakers fail could push a bad recession into a depression. Jason Toney, PITTSBURGH...
...Lame Duck? That's a Quack! Joe Klein's parting shot at a president who once had an approval rating in the high 70s and still has an approval rating twice as high as Congress's is out of line [Dec. 8]. Armchair quarterbacking is a national sport, and while I recognize that Klein leans a bit to the left, his column shows a stunning lack of perception. To paraphrase a political line from the past, "It's the security of the people, stupid." This President, like all Presidents, has his faults, but the economic results of a decade-plus...