This letter addresses the government's possible selection of a new site for a national guard armory in Jackson Township. One consideration must be the distance that soldiers are asked to travel for meetings and drills. With the price of gasoline hovering around four dollars per gallon, requiring soldiers (men and women) to travel great distances from populated areas to the cornfield area seems ludicrous. Perhaps, the site selection committee should reconsider remodeling the existing facilty or considering another site closer to the city.

Robert O. Cochran
Springettsbury Township

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In Mike Argento's Sunday July 27th Viewpoint, Mr. Argento becomes an expert on the Oil Crisis, where he gets his information from, and criticizes McCain for changing his mind on drilling. When crude oil is selling for $40 a barrel, and the pump price was around $150.9 there is not much need to drill for more oil. When the crude oil price goes about $130 a barrel, common sense would tell you that circumstances have changed.

He mentions that new drilling, would take "about a decade" to produce oil. If he would ask drilling companies about his forcast, he would find out, the timing would be two to three years. Then he goes on to say that action would not be enough to affect prices. He is wrong again. The effect would be almost immediate, as the speculators would know that we are serious about new drilling, and the futures market would take a dramatic drop. Mr. Argento, read up on the law of supply and demand.

John T. Tuleja
Spring Garden Township

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When will the United States government stop stealing money and resources from it's United States citizens and handing them out all over the world. The United States needs those same funds and resources right here within it's own borders for use by it¢s own citizens. America does not have to try to save each and every underpriviledged or developing country in the world. There are starving and homeless right here in our own back yards and city streets.

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Regarding the current economy, Phil Gramm, Former Texas Senator and Chief Economic Advisor to John McCain stated last week that we are in a mental recession and that America had become a nation of whiners. Presidential candidate John McCain had no choice but to distant himself from these insensitive and arrogant statements..
With so many people suffering through this recession, many worse than others, this is a most insensitive remark.

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Last Friday, July 11, 2008, Suzy Orman, the internationally acclaimed personal finance expert, was a guest on the Oprah Show. She offered several couples ideas and techniques on how to curb their spending habits and turn their gloomy financial existence into becoming debt-free lifestyles.

At the end of the program, she offered three statements to consider when making buying decisions. Sorry, but they made no sense. Ms. Orman said, "Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true?" Huh? One out of three isn't bad, but what does "Kind" and "True" have to do with money? I don't mean to play Can You Top This? with Suzy Orman, but I would like to offer three alternative questions to always ask yourself when purchasing anything: "Do I need it? Is it necessary? Can I live without it?" Twelve simple words but sticking fervently to those three questions will save you a lot of money, starting today. Try it.

Pierre Allen Hill
York Township

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Propaganda is a great tool. Our "underpaid" teachers and their families have used it well. Fifty-five years ago a beginning teacher was normally paid less than $3000 per year. If that teacher chose (not all subscribed) the group health insurance plan, he paid the premiums (our district later offered to pay 25% of them). Male teachers wore jacket(dry cleaning) and tie while ladies wore nice dresses (unlike the "Coxie's Army" look of the striking teachers at our intermediate school). Upon retirement in 1982, a teacher earned a salary of about $22,000. He could continue with the group healthcare plan and pay the premiums as well as receive his pension. As a result of careful planning, investing and spending (no cable TV, etc.), he could enjoy a leisurely retirement.

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I am a little tired of hearing Congress tell us we are stupid to think drilling for more oil and building more refineries will solve our energy problems. I have heard that the best form of leadership is by setting the example. I suggest the following:

1 Stop providing chauffeured limousines for members of congress and their staff.
2 Require congress to travel on public air lines.
3 Pass a law banning parking cars that do not use green energy on federal property.
4 Encourage government employees to use the metro.
5 Convert all sources of energy for government facilities to solar panels and wind mills.

By the time you get this done our economy will be destroyed and we will no longer be a world power. College graduates may be working in the fields, our tax base will be destroyed and all your social programs will go unfunded.

Jack Stuckey
Dover

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With gasoline at four dollars a gallon and pundits presaging 5 and 6 dollars a gallon in the near future, it is safe to say we are in the midst of an energy crisis.

The politicians are offering short term fixes like removing federal tax from the cost of gasoline, dipping into our strategic oil reserve, or moving ahead with off-shore drilling for oil. None of these attempts at easing prices will work

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Would Rep. DePasquale vote to toll I-83 next?

Our state representatives seem to have lost touch with reality. They do not understand how difficult it is for the average family to stretch their paycheck in order to pay for basic, everday necessities like gas for their cars. With gas prices topping $4.00 a gallon, it is impossible for us to get ahead.

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You hear it in the news, Foreclosures at an all time high. I have lived in the southern york county area most of my life and I am taken back at the prices of single family homes, homes that are 60 years old selling for $260,000.00? Are they really worth that much? New homes with signs in front of them stating "Live free for a year, REALLY". Are buyers that stupid? I guess so, because nothing is free.

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