Meinerts: Stimulus not so stimulating
To the Editor:
Trillion — a figure we hear a lot from our Washington bureaucrats. Does anyone even understand how big that number is? A million seconds is 11.57 days, a billion seconds is 31 years and a trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
The 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus package that those nitwits in Washington passed would give every man, woman and a child in America $5,722 if they actually gave it back to the hard-working people they pillaged it from. Every man, woman and child’s share of the national debt is $78,313. Think they are doing you a favor?
Did anyone get a $5,722 check? I didn’t, but maybe it’s because I’m still using a mailbox and not one of those new gender neutral boxes. Mr. Potato Head, your tater tots are safe with us.
God Bless America!
Todd Meinerts
Luverne
Radisewitz: Donate stimulus checks
To the Editor:
What a blessing it is to live in Rock County. We have so much to be grateful for each day. Wonderful schools, facilities, parks, neighbors and friends.
One friend of our area is The Luverne Area Community Foundation (LACF). The mission of the LACF is to develop and allocate financial resources to support community needs. In other words, they assist organizations in our community to help those in need.
If you just received your $1,400 stimulus check and want to put it to good use, consider sending $1,400 to the Luverne Area Community Foundation, PO Box 623, Luverne, MN. You'll get credit for a donation to a nonprofit and you'll be helping volunteer organizations in our area to assist those in need.
Cary Radisewitz
Luverne
To the Editor:
I have put together some questions for us to think about. Here they are in no particular order.
Isn’t hating this country like hating your parents and living in their basement?
Has anyone seen the testing numbers for Covid lately? I mean the number of tests administered. Six months ago that was reported daily. Do you think that this is why the positive test numbers are going down?
There are always studies being done. The study I would like to see is how many people who wear face diapers got Covid compared to the people who got Covid who didn’t wear them. That would be interesting, wouldn’t it?
What is really going on at Fort Pelosi (Washington D.C.)?
Other than weathermen, has anyone been wrong more than Dr. Fauci and still kept their job?
Why is out city government in the real-esate business?
Wouldn’t it make more sense to not have us pay taxes instead of the government sending us money they don’t have? Then the hard-working people would get rewarded and the freeloaders wouldn’t.
Remember the days of common sense and people not getting offended by it?
Where did the flu go?
Has anyone seen the numbers and whose money was spent on the Tru-Shrimp debacle?
Why are they calling this a Covid Relief Bill? Less than nine percent is directed to Covid relief. Shouldn’t they just call it what it is?
Regardless of your political beliefs, does anyone think killing tens of thousands of jobs, buying oil from people who want to kill us, and welcoming thousands of illegal immigrants into our country unchecked is a good idea?
Does anyone report the news anymore? Or is it just a twisted form of political opinions?
What is the reason for being against voter verification? Wouldn’t it make sense for all political parties?
Do you find Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss offensive? Why?
Where is the President? Other than a few words mumbled here and there, we haven’t heard much from him.
What has the World Health Organization done for you? Why are we paying them $500 million?
Do you think these masks are cutting off too much oxygen from people’s brains? That would explain a lot!
Has anyone checked out the new election bills being proposed in Congress? Do you want our federal government controlling elections? They have that system in place China and Russia.
Isn’t it amazing how the Covid vaccine was made so quickly? And how it is being distributed and people are getting vaccinated. This was all put into place nine months ago. Who is getting the credit for this?
Why are we seeing Biden T-shirts on illegal aliens?
States that shut down have huge budget deficits, and are raising taxes on their residents. The Covid infections have been about the same to state per capita. Is letting the people make their own decisions on safety a good idea?
Energy prices soaring, auto plants moving to Mexico, fighting in the Middle East again, taxes being raised, other countries laughing at the U. S., illegal aliens from every country pouring into the country, thousands of jobs killed off! How is build back better going for you?
Do you enjoy your freedoms, or do you want to depend on the government for everything?
Marlin (Mert) Kracht
Luverne
Rust: Auditor's office fails at property tax notifications
To the Editor:
I love being blasted in the newspaper for the Rock County Auditor’s office failing at their job. I have homes in three states and recently had my name drug through the mud over $241 in taxes owed on my property in Magnolia.
The county workers made no additional effort to contact me for my taxes other than a single letter that went to my last address in Virginia that did not make it to my new location in Texas.
Even better my relative works in the courthouse and his father-in-law is my property manager. (Don’t people actually talk to one another anymore?)
What’s worse is they do not take payment by phone (it’s 2021) and the notice was sent only once by mail to an old address. I’m currently on my 20th address in 25 years due to military service. We know the mail system is not foolproof, especially after COVID. So, the fact that I didn’t get that notice by mail doesn’t mean I blatantly disregarded my property taxes.
Thanks for nothing, Rock County Auditor’s Office.
Ret. MSgt Nathan Rust, USAF
Cibolo, Texas,
formerly of Kenneth
Rep. Hagedorn doesn't like social media questions
To the Editor:
Have you checked out Representative Hagedorn's Official Facebook page?
Apparently our congressman doesn't like to be criticized orquestioned about his voting history or want to hear from hisconstituents.
There have been a lot of unhappy constituents who have voiced theirconcerns to him on his Facebook page. He filters and hides negativeposts. It often says "12 comments," But there are none to see. He blocks constituents who persist to get their questions answered.
The congressman seems to be the only elected official who operates his Facebook page this way. What is he afraid of? Can't he takecriticism? Doesn't he want to hear from his constituents? Will heunblock them?
Congressman Hagedorn represents all citizens of CD1 and should respect and listen to all of us.
If he can't take the heat, maybe he should get out of the kitchen!
Cathy BuxengardDeb MeyerWorthington