Stop complaining about debt if you're unwilling to close loopholes

To The Daily Sun,

Mr. Meade, your column is somewhat reflective of the 1960s, but the '60s are over. The starter jobs at the low end of the work force has increased exponentially. For one thing by increasing the minimum wages most of the companies affected are not moving out — service industries, fast food, and companies like Walmart, McDonalds, Burger King, and most of your local mom and pop stores.

Our politicians have already made it easy for the manufacturing jobs to leave and they have left. They have done nothing to make it difficult to hide money offshore as much as Obama and the Democrats have tried to tax them on it. You might check the dictionary for the meaning of the word tax as your party doesn't understand or use it. Fine with me but stop complaining about debt and revenue if you refuse to tax or at least close the tax loopholes.

Raising the "entry" level wages will not automatically increase the skills and abilities for the positions advertised. However, they would help reduce the dependency on the government for things like welfare, food stamps, child care, health care and any other government program. Thus reducing debt with no new taxes. But then again that isn't a GOP goal is it? You would rather keep the low wages and eliminate the government subsidies at the same time. More untaxed profits to buy politicians. Am I close?

I doubt very much that there will be much of a change to those that want to further their education. There still will be many who will want to further themselves by attending college or at least a two-year school. The chances for this will be increased by making the two-year school free. More kids will have a chance to gain knowledge in a variety of subjects if they didn't have to worry about the cost. The chances to experiment will be greater than ever before. Courses previously ignored will have more people looking at them. Like a free museum. More people will go in to look if they are free as opposed to being charged a $10 entrance fee. A win-win proposition.

I also doubt if any changes to the four-year college would change either. Companies will still want those with a four-year degree or more so there will probably be an increase in applicants for a four-year colleges. All this just because of an increase in the minimum wage.

From my viewpoint, along with Obama's and the Democratic Party, it is a good idea. That is a good reason to vote for whomever runs against Kelly Ayotte in 2016.

Jon Hoyt

Plymouth