To The Contrary
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TO THE CONTRARY
The letters that ran in Sunday’s Rock Hill Herald clearly show how rancorous the debate over national health insurance reform has become. While some will try to use this debate for partisan purposes, small businesses have a different priority in this matter — to make health insurance more affordable.
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The state Legislature never should have approved an official “I Believe” license plate in the first place, nor should it have wasted the taxpayers' money defending an act that anyone with a passing knowledge of U.S. history easily would recognize as unconstitutional.
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You may have read recently about the dust-up over state unemployment benefits, and I thought it was worth taking a minute to let you know why we're making noise about this issue, and why it's important you do the same.
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I don't think the author of Tuesday's editorial, "S.C. exports guns," is well enough informed on the subject matter, which would explain such a lopsided editorial. Background checks are required for purchases on guns sold at gun shows -- by licensed dealers only. Currently, anyone can rent a table at a gun show within the state and sell guns privately, no different from buying one from your neighbor -- no background check required, no laws broken.
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U.S. public health officials are moving full-speed ahead with their national campaign to promote and publicize the flu shot. They have now designated Dec. 8-14 as "National Influenza Vaccination Week" to "foster greater use of flu vaccine through the months of November, December and beyond."
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Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings created quite a media event when she came to South Carolina on Oct. 28 to decry our latest national disgrace: The inability of public schools to graduate more students. Her remarks garnered front-page headlines in state newspapers, including the Oct. 29 Herald. The Herald editorial staff was so impressed, they dedicated a supportive editorial to the cause of dropout reduction on Nov. 7.
