We are no longer a country that produces many tangible goods. If the ever-increasing taxes didn’t drive the corporations out of the country, the increasing demands of the unions certainly made short work of those that were left. How can we attract businesses to ever return unless we break the choke hold of the unions?

Mr. Lewis, you've really done it! Your column in the April 2 HCP was so off base as to be laughable, were it not so serious an allegation. Your whole point was to bash President Obama.

After reading the HCP Community Happenings about the County Commission and VFW selling bricks for the Veterans' Memorial, I happened to wonder if people remember there were a lot of women veterans from previous wars and also young women as well as men currently serving overseas.

We are faculty at Southern State Community College, which has served thousands of citizens in your districts very well for 36 years. We want you and the citizens you serve to be aware that Senate Bill 5 is rife with unintended consequences that will harm the quality of higher education in Ohio. We only have space to discuss a few here.

We all have to be willing to sacrifice. Please encourage Representative Cliff Rosenberger to vote for Senate Bill 5 when it reaches the House.

To the editor:

To the editor:

I would like to clarify some issues about the salaries of public employees that were published recently in the paper. I know that compared to the average salary of a Highland County resident, these salaries might look like a lot. However, when you compare these salaries to people in the private sector with the same educational qualifications, you will find public employees (namely teachers) salaries are much lower.

Quoting H.L. Mencken, "For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong." There is no better example of that profound truth than the idea that simply cutting the size of government is the solution to deficit spending.

On Meet the press Feb.

The David Cokonougher benefit was a great success. Crowds of people came in throughout the evening. Over 300 hundred people stopped by.

To the editor:

When this country was established, one of the underlying principles is that not any one person nor group would have absolute power. The power would be split up and there would be checks and balances.

Instead of trying to control the recession virus, House Republicans are driving the monkey to the airport.

Sen. Rand Paul's position, like that of his father, is that excessive spending on the military has to end, that we cannot afford to be the world's policeman, and that overseas bases left over from WW II need to be closed.