Letter of the Year

boy, the register is full of 'em today.

Can Bob Uetz in his Oct. 7 letter, "Should Forgo PAC Money," really be serious? If the legislators were not being paid for their votes, how would they know which side to vote for?

I remember, however, once living in a country where "payola" was the unusual, not commonplace. In that country, one of the leaders, President Eisenhower, warned the country to be on guard against a takeover by a military-industrial complex. Of course, who listened to him?

Can you imagine what such a country was like? Legislators actually representing the majority of people, not writing laws making it easier for a small percentage of big-money interests to pollute the environment and drive competitors out of business, not to mention having a leader voted in by the people rather than being put in office by a friendly court?

-Richard Bird, Keosauqua.

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