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‘You sacrifice so they don’t have to’; Tony DiRienzo; Beaver County Times; March 16, 2010.
Previous letters from Mr. DiRienzo I critiqued are here, here, and here.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“Nice smoke screen.
“When will we, the people, stop buying the propaganda that corporate lackeys and political hacks, both Democrat and Republican, spew? Pensions, no good; unions, no good; education, can’t afford funding; social programs, no funding.
“Have you ever noticed that they always seem, both at the federal and state level, to have enough funding for all their wants and needs? You sacrifice so they don’t have to.
“Cut taxes just enough to eliminate social funding and funding for job-creating infrastructure and education, but leave enough for their pensions, their health care, their meals, their luxury cars - and let’s not forget their staff, which are the best our tax money can buy.
“Who are the Speaker of the House and the majority or minority leaders to tell me what’s best for me and my family?”
[RWC] If you read his letter-writing body of work, including this letter through the previous paragraph, you can only conclude Mr. DiRienzo is a lefty. After all, spending on “social programs,” so-called “job-creating” programs, etc. are all lefty policies. That he would ask his question boggles the mind. That’s because leftism is all about government “tell[ing] [Mr. DiRienzo] what’s best for [him] and [his] family.” Where was Mr. DiRienzo when “the Speaker of the House and the majority or minority leaders” (all Democrats at the time) passed Obamacare, telling Mr. DiRienzo what’s best for his family’s medical care?
“Growing up, I bought the line that my vote mattered. What a crock. Maybe it’s time to cut the size of government. Let’s start with Congress because its members’ wages should be filed under unearned income.”
[RWC] I’ll go out on a limb and guess Mr. DiRienzo doesn’t vote for anyone remotely conservative. Mr. DiRienzo got what he voted for, but doesn’t seem to recognize that fact.
“I guess you can fool most of the people most of the time.”
[RWC] Is Mr. DiRienzo trying to fool himself into believing he didn’t vote for what he’s complaining about in the previous two paragraphs?
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