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Letters to the Editor
Authority needed
to buy car company
I triple-checked the Constitution, and for the life of me I cannot find one sentence that mentions the federal government has the authority to purchase 60 percent of an automobile corporation.
I know what you are going to say. Automobiles weren't invented when the Constitution was completed. So, how about if Congress, in due haste, adds another amendment?
It would read something like this: "The federal government, at its pleasure, can purchase the controlling interest of any publicly held corporation." Like I always say, it's better late than never.
David M. Levin
Vineland
Don't bet on tax hike
being 'temporary'
Gov. Rendell says he wants a temporary income-tax increase. We've heard that before. In 1936, Pennsylvania instituted a tax on alcohol to pay for the cleanup and recovery after the Johnstown flood. It, too, was a temporary tax. It is still on the books, and now goes to the general fund. Slow down Fast Eddie, we've been down this road.
Jeff Lavin
Hulmeville
