Posted on Mon, Apr. 21, 2008
Pennsylvania Republican voters find themselves with a unique opportunity tomorrow. With the GOP nomination largely uncontested, the primary election becomes a forum to send a message to the presumptive nominee, John McCain.
Our nation finds itself today in the midst of financial crisis. Millions of Americans are feeling the strain of our weakened currency, as we deal with the disturbing fact that our money buys less and less each day. McCain's answer to this has been to suggest a temporary summer lifting of the national gas tax. Not good enough.
Serving as a double whammy with the sinking dollar is the ever-increasing tax burden on Americans: federal, state and local income taxes, school taxes, gas taxes, death taxes. Less visible are the effects of the borrow-and-spend philosophy that has been supported by many Republican leaders, including McCain.
Most recently, the "economic-stimulus" rebate was passed as a means to lift the burden on taxpayers. However, to suggest that this one-time rebate, achieved by borrowing from foreign nations and further increasing our national debt, will cure the ills of our nation is an insult to our intelligence. This is pandering in its highest form. Again, not good enough.
If McCain wishes to truly stand up for the American people and offer us sound fiscal reform, he will need to break away from the damaging economic policies of the past. The voters of Pennsylvania can send this message loud and clear by casting their votes tomorrow for Ron Paul. Paul has consistently supported fiscal responsibility and has been especially lauded for his keen understanding of our economic situation and his message of living within our means.
Paul cannot win the GOP nomination, but a vote for him in the primary can inform McCain that we are not happy with the status quo and we want him to address it.
Robert Gavula
Doylestown Township
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