Letters
Don't let tax credit expire
Not a day goes by that I’m not asked about the status of the housing industry. With signs of a fragile recovery and approaching 10 percent unemployment, allowing the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to expire next month is the last thing our economy can afford.
Extending the current $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers through 2010 and expanding it to all buyers of a primary home, within eligible income limits, would increase new and existing home sales by 383,000 and housing starts by 82,000. It would also create more than 347,000 jobs, generating over $16 billion in wage income and $12 billion in business income--yielding $8 billion in federal taxes and $3 billion for state and local governments.
The credit that expires on November 30 has, according to the IRS, helped over 15,000 Mississippians buy homes. Congress can help housing take a lead role in putting America back to work by taking quick action on the tax credit needed by both home buyers and home builders.
Time is running out. Tell Congress to extend the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit: Call 1-866-924-6242 or visit www.capitolconnect.com/builderlink.
Marty Milstead
Executive Vice President
Home Builders Association of Mississippi
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March is IDD Month
In celebration of March as Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Month, I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all Mississippians to learn more about individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. -
How many nations are we?
I'm a student at Northwest Middle School and I was ecstatic when entering the auditorium for the black history program and they announced that we would be singing the national anthem. -
Appalled at recent column
I am appalled that Mr. Ziemba presumes to “air what the rest of us are thinking” about the US figure skaters at the Olympics, and to use that athletic event to promulgate inaccuracies and distortions.
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Real men wear purses
I went to high school in New York with a friend who spent time in the United States Marines infantry during the Vietnam war. He now wears a "man purse" with a 38 special hand gun in it for protection. He needs this because he worked in law enforcement after Vietnam and developed some serious enemies. He likes to call it a "man bag." After he read Lieutenant Colonel Ziemba's February 21 article entitled "The Man Purse," he recalled that Lieutenant Colonel Ziemba said that he had spent his entire life around "real men." My friend responded that while Lieutenant Colonel Ziemba had spent his entire life around "real men," my friend had spent his entire life around "real women!" Don't you just love it! -
I saw something quite different
This letter is in response to Craig Ziemba's column ("The man purse," Feb. 21, 2010). Mr. Ziemba, I'm so sorry that while watching the men's figure skating at the Olympic games, you saw only pink tassels, feathered gloves and suggestive movements. I saw beautiful COSTUMED performances. You also seemed to miss the strength, stamina, grace, artistry and hard work for years that went into those performances. As to men crying after a performance, I've seen football players cry after a game.
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Not what founders intended
Party politics: Business as usual in Washington, and the capitals of all 50 states, but it was not how the Founding Fathers envisioned the government being run. In fact, the premier Founding Father, George Washington, railed against the spirit of party that has so polarized the country. Party politics is dividing America against itself, convinces Americans to follow their party leaders like sheep, and marginalize any dissenters who would draw ideas from both sides. -
Community programs promote youth development
I was recently asked to serve as a facilitator with the Mississippi State Southern Rural Development Center to discuss how to Turn the Tide on Poverty; Creating Vibrant Communities Together.
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Say 'no' to parole
In March of 1991, Harold Hayes brutally murdered, here in Meridian, my Mother-In-Law, Vivian Powell, who was 83 at the time and barely weighed 100lbs.
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 31, 2010
A year ago President-elect Obama asked us to envision a better world. And, he asked us to envision a better tomorrow. The, he asked for grassroot campaigns to better this nation and this world.
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March is IDD Month
