Letters

There should be a law on the books that no vehicle should be allowed on the road without a spare tire. While this sounds like left-field reasoning, there is no chance that such a law would ever pass the Legislature because the automobile industry would have it killed in its tracks. A requirement to provide a spare tire would eat away at the industry’s profit picture.

Mr. Honeycutt, as an elected official of Lancaster County, you are considered a politician.
The definition of a politician, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is a person actively engaged in party politics, frequently used in a derogatory sense, with implications of seeking personal or partisan gain, scheming and opportunism.

I was raised on New York City “street smarts” until I moved to Charlotte 30 years ago.
I have two college degrees, read the New York Times 365 (days a year). I subscribe to Forbes, Business Week and the International Herald Tribune online.
At the ripe old age of 74, I can tell you that the biggest mistake the president made was not getting the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., to print a question-and-answer booklet (on the health care act) and mail it gratis to all Americans.

A great big thank you to Dr. Lee Thomas, for his very informative article about Obamacare in his guest column, “American health-care system has reached critical crossroads,” in the July 18 edition of Carolina Gateway.
It’s great to hear an analysis that does not contain politicized comments and viewpoints.
It would be good to hear assessments of ObamaCare from other physcians and health-care providers.
Nelson Thompson
Indian Land