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Benton County Letters

Benton County letters, May 9, 2012

by jmagdefrau on May 9, 2012

Stafford Dear Editor: In a recent letter, Mr. Jones stated that the “Stratford” (check your spelling) Loan Program for college students was named after a Republican senator.  He’s right!  The Stafford Program was named after Vermont Republican Senator Robert T. Stafford in 1988.  Senator Stafford was known for his work to make higher education affordable [...]

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Benton County Letters, May 2, 2012

by jmagdefrau on May 2, 2012

Reply Dear Editor: A recent contributor was anxious to hear from me and I hate to disappoint. If you want nothing from the 1 percent, that’s fine. So, if they pay far less of a tax percentage than you, support cutting your Social Security and Medicare benefits, gutting public education and public services while getting [...]

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Benton County Letters, April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012 Benton County Letters

Teach your child to save April 24, 2012, is National Teach Children to Save Day. Saving is a basic and crucial life skill that many children are not exposed to in the classroom. As a bank, MidWestOne is committed to teaching children to save by sending our bankers into area classrooms throughout the month of [...]

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Benton County letters, April 18, 2012

April 18, 2012 Benton County Letters

Making sense out of nonsense – 2 It is adult foolery to ignore the activities of our government. Beginning with selling guns to Mexican drug cartels (Fast and Furious). You have to wonder what the creator was smoking. Common sense would indicate innocent people will die and we know someone in Washington made money on [...]

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Benton County letters to the editor

April 11, 2012 Benton County Letters

Pioneer Day Letter to the editor On Tuesday, March 27, I was told they were having a lot of old time things for the fourth grade school children to see (at the Belle Plaine Museum). The class was divided into six groups. I followed one group but could see the other groups up and downstairs. [...]

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Benton County Letters, April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012 Benton County Letters

Enough of the B.S. Part II To the editor: In response to numerous left-tainted letters, Sorry for the delayed response, some people have to work to earn a living and their American dream. Please help this poor soul from actually saying something positive and good about the United States of America. It is obvious one [...]

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Benton County Letters to the Editor, March 28, 2012

March 27, 2012 Benton County Letters

Keep America free! To the Editor: “The state shall make its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens … the abolition of all incomes unearned by work … the ruthless confiscation of all war profits … the nationalization of all businesses that have been formed into corporations … profit sharing in large enterprises [...]

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Benton County Letters, March 21, 2012

March 20, 2012 Benton County Letters

Benton County Conservation Board is explained As a first year member of the Benton County Conservation Board (BCCB), I am learning much about my responsibilities to the citizens of Benton County. You are listed in my board member handbook as the taxpayers and consumers of the state of Iowa’s plan. I/we are accountable to you. [...]

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Benton County Letters, Feb. 29, 2012

February 28, 2012 Benton County Letters

Women’s health Dear Editor: Most Americans would abhor being compared to the Taliban or any other fundamentalist Islamic group. After all, those are people who believe that a country should be governed by Sharia Law, strictly a religious theocracy based on the teachings of a holy book.  They absolutely refuse to believe in anything that [...]

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Benton County Letters, Jan. 25, 2012

January 24, 2012 Benton County Letters

What’s wrong? Dear Editor Wow, I can almost feel a twinge of sympathy for the writer of a recent letter and his frequent plaintive bleating about what’s wrong with this country. Is it socialism? With funding for public schools, social programs and safety nets being slashed everywhere and our tax rate being the lowest it’s [...]

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