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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 2003
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan invites reader letters up to 250 words submitted by email or typewritten. Letters must be signed with the writer's name and hometown and include a phone number for verification. The paper reserves the right to edit, and will not publish poetry or mass submissions.
Governor Blagojevich faces pressure to reject a proposal from Springfield to end the 1980 sales tax exemption on farm equipment. Republicans and agriculture groups held a briefing to pre empt action as he searches for revenue to close a large state deficit. Farmers see diminishing returns and Blagojevich must avoid lifting the exemption despite calls for new funds.
The piece warns Illinois farmers and dealers that reinstating a 6.25 percent sales tax on farm equipment could devastate dealers and push sales to neighboring states. It cites potential $235 million annual loss for farmers and a costly enforcement bureaucracy, arguing the move would harm agriculture more than it helps state revenue.
A letter argues dissent is a right but warns that anti war and anti American terrorism threaten the republic. The writer attacks protesters as traitors aiding enemies, urges memory of political figures opposing Iraqi safety, and condemns those who burn flags or promote illegal immigration and Muslim extremism.
A reader argues antiwar protests echo past history from pre WWII America to today, criticizing silence on humanitarian crises and urging defense of freedom. The letter cites Saddam Hussein, UN actions, and calls for accountability by Christian ministries, the French and Germans, claiming they enabled Iraq for over a decade.
Leonard Pitts Jr writes a column reflecting a Vietnam veteran Jim in Chicago who denounces Bush for arrogance yet supports the war in Iraq. The piece argues war drains personal lives, not just finances, and warns that numbers hide faces, names, and stories behind every death while Congress debates a $75 billion frame.
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