Letters to the Editor
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Appreciate the Other Side
I always love to see the other side of the argument, and I thank Salon for offering it.
Sadly, the argument is spurious, at best. Frost suggests that $30 to $50 bucks might be helpful to "at least some Americans." I hate to be cynical, but I think he is out of touch with how much things really cost these days. That amount of money, over a five month period? Six to Ten bucks a month?
As the article progresses, he suggest that while the relief might be minimal (a nickel a gallon), some relief is better then none. Yet here we are, in the midst of a very divisive Democratic Primary, one that will do much to either right, or continue, the wrongs our country has committed over the past eight years, and the whole thing might be decided by a few hours of wage at your local McDonald's? The whole debate is surreal and I will admit a tremendous loss of respect for Clinton for embracing the tax holiday. Her new shift to populism is distasteful, to say the least, and has convinced me that perhaps it really does matter who gets the Democratic nomination. These two are -not- equals.