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...Revolution" [Oct. 16]: the Republican majority in Congress has bullied, lied, changed rules, twisted arms and done everything possible to retain power, without consideration for the minority Democrats or the U.S. as a whole. The G.O.P. has violated the principles it once stood for?especially fiscal conservatism?and now stands only for clinging to power. Barbara Stephens McLean, Virginia...
...Commonwealth’s recent fiscal crisis serves as an excellent example of the importance of balance. Instead of endorsing the tax-and-spend mentality that led the state into debt, Governor W. Mitt Romney and Healey refused to raise taxes and balanced the budget each year by reducing waste and cutting excessive spending. In the fiscal year 2007 budget alone, the Governor cut almost $600 million from the legislature’s proposals to ensure that the state would not dip too much into its rainy day fund. Over the last four years, a $3 billion state deficit...
...more time the HCC can now use to prepare for events.”Serving on the same UC board was Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, who agrees that “the HCC was probably restrained by the UC’s awkward fiscal schedule.”Greenfield has even more praise for the HCC. “They’ve gotten a lot closer to the student body,” he says. “This is a story of huge success on the part of HCC leaders and the College Events Board...
...revolution" [Oct. 16]: The Republican majority in Congress has bullied, lied, changed rules, twisted arms and done everything possible to retain power, without consideration for the minority Democrats or the U.S. as a whole. The g.o.p. has violated the principles it once stood for - especially fiscal conservatism - and now stands only for clinging to power. Barbara Stephens McLean, Virginia, U.S. Although I'm hoping the midterm elections will spell the end of the corrupt Republican regime, I'm disheartened by the cause of the party's downfall, distasteful as it is. The end will not have been brought about...
...gays. He has advocated for - and won - a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. He has kept taxes low, attracted record numbers of new jobs to the state, and rammed through tort reform. In September, the conservative Cato Institute ranked him as No. 2 governor in the nation on fiscal responsibility - "a better governor," they said, than Bush...