Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:04 AM PDT
Global economy bad for America
Editor,
More Obama taxes are coming! The proposed carbon cap and trade tax due to the global warming fraud will cost the average household $3,000 a year in higher energy cost while forcing us to subsidize energy production in other countries.
Six-hundred-and-eighty worldwide scientists met in New York City in March for the second Heartland International Climate Conference. These scientist do not agree that global warming is human-induced (anthropogenic), but that the sun goes through climate change cycles. Most feel that the climate is cooling now. Carbon dioxide has nothing to do with climate change cycles. Global warming is all about money (transferring wealth) and politics to create fear to control people through world government.
The U.S. Senate rejected the Kyoto Treaty 95-0 because it would destroy our economy. However, the United International Panel on Climate Change plans to use the impending climate treaty to reduce our standard of living as our wealth is shifted to form a global economy. Large polluters, including China, India and Brazil, are exempt.
Also, Obama has promised to ratify the U.N. Law of the Sea treaty, which will give foreign dictators control over ocean and international taxes on Americans.
There is an international movement to replace the dollar by some global United Nation currency. Treasury Secretary Geithner, in speaking to the one world government-promoting Council on Foreign Relations, declared the Treasury Department was “actually open” to the idea of a global currency. This would destroy our economy.
H.J. Res. 41 will stop this madness. Our elected officials must support this bill, stop the climate and Sea Bed treaties.
Adrian L. Arp, Ph. D.
Twin Falls
Tax help was
appreciated
Editor,
We do wish to thank Treasure Valley Tax Service Inc., for doing our rather complicated federal income tax. It represents a much appreciated donation to us.
Shirley Frear
Payette Senior Center
Payette
General Aviation
crucial to Oregon
residents
Editor,
Each month, volunteer pilots from Angel Flight West fly patients needing specialized medical care, including chemotherapy and dialysis, to hospitals throughout Oregon. Many of these patients are from rural areas and would otherwise be hard-pressed to receive the care they need.
These flights are part of General Aviation (GA), which includes all flying except the scheduled airlines and the military.
Right now GA is being imperiled by misguided plans in Washington, D.C. If these proposals are enacted, the outlook could be grim for patients who use Angel Flight West, as well as for millions of other people throughout the country who depend on General Aviation for services and jobs.
Among the proposals are new costs and regulations. Since Angel Flight West pilots already donate their time and planes and pay for their own fuel, these increased costs could ground them. The impact on patients who live in rural Oregon could be devastating because they would have to drive long distances to receive care.
The new charges and regulations would involve not only medical volunteer organizations. With an estimated 65 percent of General Aviation flights conducted for public service and business, many industries and services would be affected, including agriculture, emergency medical evacuation, law enforcement, aerial fire-fighting, package delivery and the Civil Air Patrol.
In addition, millions of jobs depend on GA, which pumps more than $150 billion into the U.S. economy. Two members of Congress deem GA so essential that they formed a caucus to educate their peers on its value to the American economy and transportation system.
Recently, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world’s largest pilot organization with more than 415,000 members, launched General Aviation Serves America.
The goal of this national grassroots campaign is to educate policymakers, opinion leaders and the public about the vital role GA plays in our local communities and the nation’s economy.
Actors Harrison Ford and Morgan Freeman, both avid pilots, are volunteering their services in support of the campaign. (To learn more about the General Aviation Serves America program, please take a few minutes to visit www.gaservesamerica.com.)
The importance of GA and its impact on the citizens of Oregon cannot be overstated. For more than 80 years, General Aviation has played a significant role in the lives of millions of Americans across the country. I hope you will join me in our efforts to ensure that it’s around for another 80 years, and well beyond.
Craig Fuller
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
president
