Social Security

I am inclined to agree with most of President Bush's ideas but not to privatize social security. Why would anybody expect people that cannot handle their finances well enough to provide for their retirement years to do any better with the money they saved from their social security taxes. Our social security funds would be in good shape if our government representatives wouldn't be taking the money out for all their pet projects and instead have invested it where it would be making a good income.

The most popular proposals in the State and National Legislatures is to raise the minimum wages. Evidently S.D. has the lowest or nearly the lowest average wages earned of any state in the Union. So what? I bet if all the statistics were in you would find the cost of living is also one of the lowest in the nation.

Seems the Legislators are going to spend a lot of time and expense on the abortion issue again. It was voted down once, why don't we just drop it and take care of the rest of our business.

Another thing the Legislators are going to spend their time on is arguing about eliminating the death penalty because some people think it is a cruel and unjust punishment. I would say to die by lethal injection would be a lot less cruel than being sent to prison for life without a chance for parole. After all when you enter the hospital they give you a shot to put you under, then cut you apart and remove your organs or limbs or whatever they feel is necessary and you never feel a thing. It would be a lot easier death than that of their victims in most cases and they would no longer be a menace to our society.

If we put them in jail for life without a chance for parole, we have to guard and feed them and take care of all their needs for the next 50 years or so. We are actually punishing ourselves more than the criminals. Besides there is always the chance they could escape and repeat their crimes.