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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 2010
Page
4
The Gazette argues Congress should extend unemployment benefits only sparingly, avoid new major spending, and focus on enabling small and medium businesses to hire. It warns debt near 90 percent of GDP risks hyperinflation or deflation, urges restraint, and emphasizes private investment to drive jobs and tax revenue.
A letter accuses progressives of covert operations since Woodrow Wilson, claims Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton would worsen crises, warns of a three act drama leading to communism, praises Dave Loebsack, and calls for voting against long-serving national officials including Iowa's Grassley and other incumbents.
Tom Harkin urges replacing lawmakers to end self serving behavior and implement term limits similar to those adopted after FDR's death. He argues new people and ideas are needed to reform Congress. John Kloster Marengo responds to a June 27 column by Shams Ghoneim praising Islam and questions its treatment of non Muslims worldwide and in Saudi Arabia. Cedar Rapids reader John Reyland calls for publishing opposing views and cites Christian persecution in Muslim countries.
Merle Ries quotes Nile Kinnick from his World War II diaries aboard the USS Lexington. He warned that government expansion could create tyranny in business and labor and argued for a limited, benevolent state. The passage urges officials to adopt the creed of vigilance and restraint.
The piece argues immigration reform is stalled by partisan stunts not policy. It condemns border trip rhetoric and political posturing by Republicans while noting Democrats favor a path to legalization and a border security plan. It stresses the need to set aside politics and pursue fair, law‑abiding reform.
The column argues SB 1070 HB 2162 and HB 2281 promote racial profiling and silencing of minority histories. It cites Tucson officer Martin Escobar's suit and compares current measures to 1920s nativism while noting civil rights rhetoric masks harmful policies. David Cook-Martin of Grinnell comments.
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