To the Editor:
Re "Business Groups See Loss of Sway Over House G.O.P." (front page, Oct. 10):
I don't get it. The economy almost invariably does better under Democratic presidents than Republican ones: growth is higher, unemployment and the deficit are lower. Deregulation of Wall Street led to the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression.
Prominent economists agree that Tea Party-mandated reductions in spending have slowed economic recovery. Businesses have long complained that the high cost of health coverage in the United States puts them at a competitive disadvantage. Radical House Republicans are once again threatening default.
How, exactly, does any of this benefit business? By financing the G.O.P.'s slide into radicalism, business has once again hurt its own interests.
Charles E. Wilson, the president of General Motors, is often quoted as having said, "What's good for General Motors is good for the country." But what he actually said was, "What was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa."
It's a lesson that business should keep in mind.
JOSHUA P. HILL
New London, Conn., Oct. 10, 2013
To the Editor:
I am one Democrat who would be happy to negotiate with the Republicans in Congress. The Republicans have stated their opening position for negotiation. They are ready to reopen the government if we defund the Affordable Care Act. Here is mine.
I am ready to reopen the government if we add a public option to the Affordable Care Act. And while we are negotiating, I also demand a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, a law that restricts chief executives and other managers to no more than 100 times the wage the lowest-paid person in their company receives, public financing of campaigns, and longer hours at polling places. These are all things that will strengthen our democracy, and include more people in the process.
SUSAN KARPATKIN
Bethesda, Md., Oct. 10, 2013
To the Editor:
Re "Many in G.O.P. Offer Theory: Default Wouldn't Be That Bad" (front page, Oct. 9):
The stance of some Republican members of Congress and others is not surprising, coming from the party that denies the human impact on global warming, is home to so many creationists and "birthers," and cuts spending for research and education.
Gut feelings and denial of inconvenient facts are more important to them than rational analysis. Since 1968 I have worked for three Republican members of Congress and have covered the Hill for a major news agency, and this is the worst Congress I've seen.
It is a disgrace that the country is being ruined by some 20-plus know-nothing members who have little or no previous government experience, and by a "leadership" that is not willing to stand up to them and their well-financed ideological groups.
MICHAEL KRAFT
Silver Spring, Md., Oct. 9, 2013
To the Editor:
Your article quotes Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, saying that the $24 billion-per-month "savings" from the forced furloughs would be sufficient to pay much of the nation's debt service.
These supposed "savings" are what pays the mortgages, utility bills, car costs and the other basics of daily life for hard-working and dedicated federal employees. Some of them are even required to show up for work despite not being paid! Even if they will eventually be paid, those contractors and businesses also affected by the furloughs will never make up their losses.
The only possible compensation for such callous expressions as that of Mr. Burr is to require that members of Congress also be on forced furloughs. But the implicit cruelty of his remarks would not be diminished.
DAVID MAYNARD
Portland, Ore., Oct. 9, 2013
To the Editor:
I have a question for Senator Rand Paul and the other Republican legislators who declare that failing to raise the debt limit will not harm the country: Are you prepared to accept responsibility for the consequences? After all, a core belief of Republicans is personal accountability and responsibility.
PETER VOLANTE
Lexington, Mass., Oct. 9, 2013
To the Editor:
Dire consequences of default have been forecast by almost every reputable economist, but some Republicans do not fear them. Surely most people agree that default will not help anyone.
By contrast, Republicans fear the "dire consequences" of the Affordable Care Act, which is likely to provide healthier and longer lives for millions of Americans.
ERIC J. SIMON
Hackensack, N.J., Oct. 9, 2013
The writer is a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.
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