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Letter: Bachmann voted ‘no’ and stayed on our side
Oct 16, 2008
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Congress didn’t just stick the American people with a $700 billion bill to bail out Wall Street. It stuck us with an $810 billion bill.
As if the bailout bill wasn’t bad enough: Wall Street executives have played fast and loose with their investors’ money for years. They make risky loans an...
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Letter: Thanks for voting against the bailout
Oct 15, 2008
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To the editor:
I want to thank Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Congressman Collin Peterson and Congressman Tim Walz for voting no against the Wall Street bailout, twice, last week under mounting pressure from both parties to pass this legislation.
To take a stand against President Bush and Congres...
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Letter: Support Bachmann's energy proposal
Oct 10, 2008
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If Democrats are sincerely concerned about the middle class, they will support Rep. Michele Bachmann's energy proposal.
The bill she proposes would benefit America now and provide energy over the long run to help make the United States energy-independent.
Her idea is to produce our own crude i...
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Letter: Taxes, energy are on minds
Aug 30, 2008
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The election year has brought out the best fiction writers. ...
One writer said that electing Democrats would not increase our taxes. It seems that it has in the past, and we already have seen it from our Legislature, including the increase in our gas tax at a time when gas prices have never been h...
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Congress should take a permanent vacation
Aug 8, 2008
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Somehow the Democrat-controlled Congress still has a 9 percent approval rating. It is certainly amazing it is that high, and were it up to me, it would be negative numbers.
Even more amazing is their arrogant disregard for the plight of the hardworking Americans who are feeling the pressure o...
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Oil Prices: Speculating on Supplies
Jul 25, 2008
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Every day I read people's comments on how U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's plan to lower gas prices by increasing our domestic output is a fantasy and isn't based in reality.
Does anyone else see a correlation in the recent drop in oil prices and President Bush's reversal on the moratorium on new explo...
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Letter writers should check their facts
Jul 9, 2008
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A recent letter taking U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to task for voodoo economics might require further investigation by the author.
Just having finished reading Thomas Sowell's book "Economic Facts and Fallacies," I would be remiss not to point out some of the fallacies of the author's critique.
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We need more like Bachmann in Congress
Jul 6, 2008
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In response to the July 1 Times Our View regarding Rep. Michele Bachmann’s in-laws’ farm receiving government subsidies, a few thoughts come to mind.
The Our View reports that her husband’s family’s farm in Independence, Wis., received government payments in 2006 and 2007, and that Bachmann or ...
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LTE: All pieces in play
Jun 27, 2008
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The Pioneer Press (June 17) had two articles defining the position of the political parties regarding energy: Rep. Michele Bachmann's support for legislation allowing drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off-shore, and Sen. John McCain's support for off-shore drilling.
Presiden...
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LTE: Contrary to recent letters, Bachmann is on the money
Jun 27, 2008
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In Jim McKinney's recent letter regarding U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's view point on the high cost of energy, he claims that her letter is "filled with misstatement and half truths." Is McKinney trying to tell us that shale oil is too cost prohibitive when Canada is processing it and shipping it to ...
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