Tony Moschetti (letter, May 14) argues that Republican Medicare spending proposals represent increases, not cuts. However, he overlooks the tremendous increase in the number of people who soon will become eligible for Medicare.
With this factored in, along with continued inflation of medical costs, the result of the Republican proposals will be senior citizens receiving fewer dollars per capita from Medicare than they do today - that is, there will be per capita cuts, not increases, in Medicare spending.
The analogy Moschetti uses to educate us regarding the benevolence of the Republican proposals is a good one, but, again, he didn't factor in all of the necessary details. To be analogous to the Medicare situation, his scenario would need to include the family in question having had a child, or maybe twins, in the past year, during which time inflation was 3 percent to 5 percent. In such a situation, a 5 percent salary increase would be more than offset by inflation and the additional mouth(s) to feed, clothe and pay medical bills for; thus, the family's discretionary income would decline. This is exactly what will happen to many senior citizens under the Republican proposal - their Medicare benefits, discretionary income and standards of living will decline.
Medicare needs reform. What will best achieve that is to turn down the rhetoric, stop the name-calling and listen with an honest respect to the opinions of those who disagree with us.
Tony, you also will find that to be good for the soul.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
May 21, 1995
Sunday, May 21, 1995
Sunday, May 14, 1995
Smaller annual increases aren't the same as cuts
It is little wonder that you in the mainstream media have little or no credibility with anyone having an IQ in the double digits. I can't figure out whether you are merely ignorant, or blatantly dishonest. You editorialize as to severe ''cuts'' in Medicare spending. Annual increases in Medicare spending are not cuts. There are no proposed ''cuts'' in spending, merely smaller annual increases. Are you not able to grasp that simple concept? Only inside the Beltway and on the editorial pages of the dishonest media are increases in spending labeled as cuts. But then trying to explain even simple concepts to liberals is akin to attempting to teach calculus to kindergartners.
Let me try once more, in a way that perhaps even your simple minds can understand. You go to your boss and ask for a 10 percent raise. He says that since you have such a difficult time understanding simple concepts, he is only going to give you a 5 percent raise. OK, now for the hard part. You now have to go home and tell your spouse. Do you tell her that you got a 5 percent raise or a 5 percent cut? No, this is not a trick question.
If the truth is on your side, why lie? Why do you continue to shill for the abject liars who make up the liberal wing of the Democratic Party? Just tell the truth once in a while. It may not support your agenda, but it is good for the soul.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
May 14, 1995
Let me try once more, in a way that perhaps even your simple minds can understand. You go to your boss and ask for a 10 percent raise. He says that since you have such a difficult time understanding simple concepts, he is only going to give you a 5 percent raise. OK, now for the hard part. You now have to go home and tell your spouse. Do you tell her that you got a 5 percent raise or a 5 percent cut? No, this is not a trick question.
If the truth is on your side, why lie? Why do you continue to shill for the abject liars who make up the liberal wing of the Democratic Party? Just tell the truth once in a while. It may not support your agenda, but it is good for the soul.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
May 14, 1995
Friday, February 24, 1995
Federal crime bills are all just a hoax
Are you guys the ones who advise the Keystone Kops in the White House? Your Feb. 12 editorial concerning the GOP crime bill was, if nothing else, amusing.
Of course the Republican crime bill is a hoax, just as President Clinton's crime bill was a hoax. Any federal crime bill is a hoax. Of course most of the crime that affects most of us is under state and local jurisdiction.
But I don't remember your editorials referring to the Clinton bill as a hoax.
I don't remember your referring to the assault weapons ban as being a hoax, as ''60 Minutes'' showed conclusively on a recent program.
The weapons were banned based on how they look, not what they do. Most of the banned weapons have been given slight cosmetic changes, renamed and now are legal to manufacture, sell and purchase even though they function exactly as the ''banned'' weapons functioned. Now that, my friends, is a hoax. I guess you didn't notice that one.
I guess we are so used to lies by the liberals that it has become an exercise in futility to attempt to refute them all. It would be a never-ending task, and, besides, you would have to hire someone to actually recognize the lies.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1995
Of course the Republican crime bill is a hoax, just as President Clinton's crime bill was a hoax. Any federal crime bill is a hoax. Of course most of the crime that affects most of us is under state and local jurisdiction.
But I don't remember your editorials referring to the Clinton bill as a hoax.
I don't remember your referring to the assault weapons ban as being a hoax, as ''60 Minutes'' showed conclusively on a recent program.
The weapons were banned based on how they look, not what they do. Most of the banned weapons have been given slight cosmetic changes, renamed and now are legal to manufacture, sell and purchase even though they function exactly as the ''banned'' weapons functioned. Now that, my friends, is a hoax. I guess you didn't notice that one.
I guess we are so used to lies by the liberals that it has become an exercise in futility to attempt to refute them all. It would be a never-ending task, and, besides, you would have to hire someone to actually recognize the lies.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1995
Wednesday, December 28, 1994
What a thinker
Tony Moschetti (''Hasn't the paper run enough stories on AIDS?,'' letter, Dec. 17), has certainly opened my eyes to how simple AIDS and AIDS-related death can be. Could we persuade Moschetti to share his thoughts about sickle cell anemia?
Mark Holder
Greensboro
News & Record
December 28, 1994
Mark Holder
Greensboro
News & Record
December 28, 1994
Saturday, December 17, 1994
Hasn't the paper run enough stories on AIDS?
The News & Record, in an attempt to maintain its politically correct posture, has trotted out another of the almost daily articles on AIDS. This one was headlined, ''Aids toll: Quilt passes, collects another panel.''
I'm sick and tired of reading about AIDS marches, AIDS quilts and the AIDS toll. Why not the syphilis toll? How about a herpes quilt? And why not a gonorrhea march? Why? Because AIDS is a politically correct behaviorally transmitted disease while the others are simply behaviorally transmitted diseases.
How smart does one need to be to understand just how simple it is to avoid having one's name on an AIDS quilt? For those who don't know, just send me a self-addressed, stamped envelope and I'll tell you a few foolproof methods.
We have this relatively small group who continue to play Russian roulette and then are surprised when there is a bullet in the chamber. Do we have a Triad Health Project for those who smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, then die of lung cancer? Of course not.
AIDS is not random. One has to do certain things to contract AIDS. Most of those actions are aberrant behavior. Just stop it and you won't contract AIDS.
What can be more simple than that?
We need to get the politics out of the AIDS debate. No other killer disease can be so easily eradicated from society as can AIDS. The gutless politicians have to stand up to the powerful gay lobbies who pay millions to keep this disease political.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
December 17, 1994
I'm sick and tired of reading about AIDS marches, AIDS quilts and the AIDS toll. Why not the syphilis toll? How about a herpes quilt? And why not a gonorrhea march? Why? Because AIDS is a politically correct behaviorally transmitted disease while the others are simply behaviorally transmitted diseases.
How smart does one need to be to understand just how simple it is to avoid having one's name on an AIDS quilt? For those who don't know, just send me a self-addressed, stamped envelope and I'll tell you a few foolproof methods.
We have this relatively small group who continue to play Russian roulette and then are surprised when there is a bullet in the chamber. Do we have a Triad Health Project for those who smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, then die of lung cancer? Of course not.
AIDS is not random. One has to do certain things to contract AIDS. Most of those actions are aberrant behavior. Just stop it and you won't contract AIDS.
What can be more simple than that?
We need to get the politics out of the AIDS debate. No other killer disease can be so easily eradicated from society as can AIDS. The gutless politicians have to stand up to the powerful gay lobbies who pay millions to keep this disease political.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
December 17, 1994
Wednesday, November 16, 1994
Perfect batting record maintained by Yardley
Who says no one is perfect? Rosemary Yardley's perfectly moronic column on Rush Limbaugh (Oct. 26) keeps her perfect record intact. This was the 252nd consecutive time she has been wrong in 252 attempts. Is that not perfection?
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
Perfect batting record maintained by Yardley
Who says no one is perfect? Rosemary Yardley's perfectly moronic column on Rush Limbaugh (Oct. 26) keeps her perfect record intact. This was the 252nd consecutive time she has been wrong in 252 attempts. Is that not perfection?
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
Friday, September 02, 1994
Sexton is not a racist
I think that it's about time that Deena Hayes (letter, Aug. 23) and the members of her dynamic new civil rights group give it a rest. These folks, plus Skip Alston and Earl Jones, act as if ignorance were a virtue regarding their unending trashing of Karen Sexton.
What is laughable is Jones calling Sexton a racist. Here is a man who gives the key to the city to Louis Farrakhan. Contrast that to Sexton, who has spent much of her free time working with children in the black community trying to make their lives a little better.
What is even more distressing is the apparent paranoia on the part of some in the black community. Rather than looking to solve the many problems in that community, such as the skyrocketing illegitimacy, crime and school dropout rates, they instead prefer to continue to use the racism scapegoat.
Does racism exist in our society? Of course.
Is it the reason for every problem in the black community? Not hardly.
Yet I have read letter after letter from black people who know nothing about Sexton calling her a racist when every bit of her life is a total contradiction of that point. These same folks then praise Jones.
Let's compare the records of the two and then determine who is a racist. The problem with too many black people is that they continue to want to look backward rather than forward.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record September 2, 1994
What is laughable is Jones calling Sexton a racist. Here is a man who gives the key to the city to Louis Farrakhan. Contrast that to Sexton, who has spent much of her free time working with children in the black community trying to make their lives a little better.
What is even more distressing is the apparent paranoia on the part of some in the black community. Rather than looking to solve the many problems in that community, such as the skyrocketing illegitimacy, crime and school dropout rates, they instead prefer to continue to use the racism scapegoat.
Does racism exist in our society? Of course.
Is it the reason for every problem in the black community? Not hardly.
Yet I have read letter after letter from black people who know nothing about Sexton calling her a racist when every bit of her life is a total contradiction of that point. These same folks then praise Jones.
Let's compare the records of the two and then determine who is a racist. The problem with too many black people is that they continue to want to look backward rather than forward.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record September 2, 1994
Sunday, January 30, 1994
Rx for illegitimacy: Responsible actions
Regarding Rosemary Yardley's laughable column concerning the epidemic of illegitimacy, I must wonder whether her lobotomy was federally funded. She wrote that the first method of preventing illegitimate births should be by the federal funding of abortions for poor women.
The first method of preventing illegitimate births is by teaching individual responsibility at an early age, not by acting as if young people are animals who cannot control their own actions. This method is foolproof, effective and easy to learn while no innocent life is snuffed out. The next most effective method is birth control. Works almost as well as method number one and again, kills no one.
To actually believe that additional children for welfare mothers cost $ 34 a month is sheer idiocy. Surely you must have some idea of what it cost to have a child these days, including all prenatal care, doctor's visits, the birth itself, education for 12 years, housing (remember the recent case of the single mother on welfare demanding a four-bedroom house at our expense to house her litter), food, clothing. I assume these are all included in that $ 34.
Let us not demand federal funding to close the barn door after the horse is gone, but let us demand federal funding for Norplant for welfare mothers after the first illegitimate child. This is very effective, and reversible. When the mother moves from the welfare rolls, and can support her children, remove the implant. No, you don't have to force people; simply give them a choice.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
January 30, 1994
The first method of preventing illegitimate births is by teaching individual responsibility at an early age, not by acting as if young people are animals who cannot control their own actions. This method is foolproof, effective and easy to learn while no innocent life is snuffed out. The next most effective method is birth control. Works almost as well as method number one and again, kills no one.
To actually believe that additional children for welfare mothers cost $ 34 a month is sheer idiocy. Surely you must have some idea of what it cost to have a child these days, including all prenatal care, doctor's visits, the birth itself, education for 12 years, housing (remember the recent case of the single mother on welfare demanding a four-bedroom house at our expense to house her litter), food, clothing. I assume these are all included in that $ 34.
Let us not demand federal funding to close the barn door after the horse is gone, but let us demand federal funding for Norplant for welfare mothers after the first illegitimate child. This is very effective, and reversible. When the mother moves from the welfare rolls, and can support her children, remove the implant. No, you don't have to force people; simply give them a choice.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
January 30, 1994
Rx for illegitimacy: Responsible actions
Regarding Rosemary Yardley's laughable column concerning the epidemic of illegitimacy, I must wonder whether her lobotomy was federally funded. She wrote that the first method of preventing illegitimate births should be by the federal funding of abortions for poor women.
The first method of preventing illegitimate births is by teaching individual responsibility at an early age, not by acting as if young people are animals who cannot control their own actions. This method is foolproof, effective and easy to learn while no innocent life is snuffed out. The next most effective method is birth control. Works almost as well as method number one and again, kills no one.
To actually believe that additional children for welfare mothers cost $ 34 a month is sheer idiocy. Surely you must have some idea of what it cost to have a child these days, including all prenatal care, doctor's visits, the birth itself, education for 12 years, housing (remember the recent case of the single mother on welfare demanding a four-bedroom house at our expense to house her litter), food, clothing. I assume these are all included in that $ 34.
Let us not demand federal funding to close the barn door after the horse is gone, but let us demand federal funding for Norplant for welfare mothers after the first illegitimate child. This is very effective, and reversible. When the mother moves from the welfare rolls, and can support her children, remove the implant. No, you don't have to force people; simply give them a choice.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
January 30, 1994
The first method of preventing illegitimate births is by teaching individual responsibility at an early age, not by acting as if young people are animals who cannot control their own actions. This method is foolproof, effective and easy to learn while no innocent life is snuffed out. The next most effective method is birth control. Works almost as well as method number one and again, kills no one.
To actually believe that additional children for welfare mothers cost $ 34 a month is sheer idiocy. Surely you must have some idea of what it cost to have a child these days, including all prenatal care, doctor's visits, the birth itself, education for 12 years, housing (remember the recent case of the single mother on welfare demanding a four-bedroom house at our expense to house her litter), food, clothing. I assume these are all included in that $ 34.
Let us not demand federal funding to close the barn door after the horse is gone, but let us demand federal funding for Norplant for welfare mothers after the first illegitimate child. This is very effective, and reversible. When the mother moves from the welfare rolls, and can support her children, remove the implant. No, you don't have to force people; simply give them a choice.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
January 30, 1994
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