Borsinger Family Web Log

Dear Editor,

I read the articles in The Star Ledger concerning families whose fuel subsidies have been cut or who are living on food stamps and I empathize with their plight. Many of us are going through rough times right now and I personally do not mind helping out the neediest that are not capable of helping themselves. What bothers me about the reporting is that it gives the sense that cutting Government spending is a bad thing. Every article covering the plight of the poor should be followed by an article highlighting wasteful Government spending or public employees enjoying six figure pensions at taxpayers’ expense. Our Government has a spending problem. Let’s not distort this fact.

 Sincerely,

Gregory Borsinger

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Our left leaning daily newspaper – the Newark Star Ledger -is constanly publishing negative articles regarding our Governor Christie. Below is another article that was sent to the paper but never got published:

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Dear Editor,
Your article on “How Dems may outfox Christie on millionaires’ tax” should have read “How Dems plan to drive job creators out of State in spite of Christie’s efforts”. People are learning that the rich are already paying a hefty sum to the government. The top 5% of earners pay an estimated 60% of all income tax*. The rest of us pay taxes when we buy gas, use our phone, live in a house and on and on. Our Government has a spending problem not a revenue problem. If a wealthy person did something illegal to get their monies – go ahead and nail them in your paper but you should stop demonizing wealthy people for being successful.

Sincerely,

Gregory Borsinger

*http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/who-pays-most-income-tax.htm

Out Left leaning Daily Papaer – The Newark Star Ledger is becoming more reluctant to publish my centric letters to the editor – so here is another:
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Dear Editor,

Back in the early part of this decade as I watched the likes of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) put forth legislation and pressure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to give loans to unqualified people, I wondered who would ultimately pay for their misguided social experiment that defied good financial judgment. It is now clear that the financial mess created by these politicians will ultimately be paid for by consumers who diligently pay their mortgages and did not overextend themselves. The $25 billion agreement by five big US banks on Thursday to bail out a few homeowners who overextended themselves will ultimately be paid for by those of us who use those banks. Yes it is tragic that people are losing their houses but let’s place the blame where it truly lies – with politicians who lack good financial judgment and who have constantly proven themselves irresponsible in managing the tax dollars we give them.

Sincerely,
Gregory Borsinger