In tough economic times, writer questions expense of moving the shuttles

Letter to the Editor,

With money tight and budgets being cut at municipalities all across the nation, it seems a strange time for Los Angeles to undertake the extravagant project of moving the shuttle Endeavor to their city, especially when the move requires cutting down 400 trees along the route. 

I’m told the residents of Los Angeles are split about evenly against and in favor of the project. 

Funny how this roughly correlates with the number that pay taxes vs. those who don’t.

I believe it’s necessary for government at all levels to recognize we are in a recession in our country. It is not the time for grandiosity.

In the same vein, I believe the rich would be well advised to tone down their ostentation in times like these. 

In a democracy, the wealth of the rich can be confiscated as Obama is proposing right now. I was dumbfounded when there was no public outrage as the bankers that were bailed out of bankruptcy by the taxpayers paid themselves unprecedented bonuses. 

Maybe the people were so busy watching “American Idol” they didn’t notice. 

— Bill Payne

Libby