So lemme ask some questions

If a political party claims to be reaching out to all Americans, then a former President from that party indicates in an email the desire to have such a large majority in the Senate that the minority has absolutely no voice - well, is that really reaching out to all Americans?

If I work for a machine-tool shop where the CEO and vice presidents within that company make over $250,000, and they start having to pay higher taxes, what is the likelihood that in order to save their profits they start layoff's in order to cut production costs? Would such layoff's limit their ability to expand product lines?

And what of the company's we service; won't they have layoff's too? Won't our machine orders begin to dry up, resulting in yet more layoff's?

A small note: for all you lazy anti corporate America types out there - I once worked for a company for twenty-two years. That company sold the division that I worked for to an over-sea's outfit. I ended up on the unemployment lines, staring out the window while in said lines wondering where I was going to get a job. All the while I understood why the company sold the division. It was a business move and necessary for their survival. Except for occasional short-lived bouts of resentment I can easily say that I am not anti-corporate America.

So please, let's keep it a favorable climate for even large companies to stay in America, and able to turn out whopping earnings. When they do so we all benefit.

Mark the Plater