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10.21.2009 2:55 pm

There should be no surprise about the state of our economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I don’t know why people are so surprised at what George W. Bush did to the economy. Anyone with a decent memory was unsurprised, as I was. When Ronald “Gubmint isn’t the solution, gubmint is the problem.” Reagan was in…

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08.27.2009 5:09 pm

Krugman is leaving out some recent history

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For someone whose opinions I respect concerning the economy, Mr. Paul Krugman, has a remarkable loss of memory regarding economic facts. In his OP-Ed piece of August 25, he fails to mention the mess left by the Carter administration (remember…

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05.04.2009 2:40 pm

GOP would do well to remember one thing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I read with interest that some who consider themselves to be leaders in the Republican Party are conducting a “listening tour” in Democratic areas. What I would say to them is a paraphrase of Ronald Reagan’s most famous quote. “Tax…

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12.08.2008 2:07 pm

Blaming one party for economic mess is misguided and wrong

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

So, Barney Murrell criticizes Ronald Reagan and Republican policies (Economic Weakness, Letters, December 8th). Actually, Mr. Murrell’s criticism is confusing and misguided. He proves the old adage that “their are none so blind as they who will not see.”

Mr. Murrell…

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08.18.2008 4:48 pm

Economy, job and housing woes: Deja vu all over again

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s deja vu all over again

Housing prices are in a never-ending downward spiral.

 

Foreclosures have surpassed the record set seventeen years ago.

 

Gas prices are out of control and fluctuating like a washing machine.

 

Ditto for Wall Street.

 

Inflation is out of hand with no…

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05.20.2008 4:08 pm

If Obama wins, I will live the rest of my life in near poverty

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

David Broder’s ode to Obama dated 05/20/08 titled “Obama a realist’s approch to foreign policy”, paints his obovious choice for president as being an exceptional intellect who is destened to change the world through new untried methods.

Not true. Another liberal…

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04.14.2008 5:36 pm

Reagan’s famous question isn’t applicable today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Regarding the editorial on President Reagan’s question, is the Post-Dispatch editorial staff aware that President Bush is not up for re-election this year the way President Carter was in 1980?  Is the editorial staff aware that in 1978, we had…

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04.02.2008 12:36 pm

People, seriously, Ronald Reagan wasn’t that great

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

   When are letter writers like Bob Heinritz going to learn that Ronald Reagan was not a great president. He was the one who invented the voodoo economics that George W is practicing today. Ronald Reagan gave a tax cut…

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