Scott should spend surplus on the people

Howcan the state of Florida not have enough money to cover the cost of food stamps for 3.6 million residents previously paid by federal stimulus spending or to bus kids to school, but the state has money from an expected budget surplus to cut $100 million from the 2014 state budget and $500 million more for tax cuts?

There will, of course, be no cuts to the sales tax that the people on the lower rungs of the ladder pay. It sounds like Gov. Rick Scott has his priorities mixed up.

Isn’t feeding hungry people and getting kids to school safely more important than appeasing Scott’s tea-party supporters’ fixation with shrinking government to a size where it can be drowned in a bathtub?

Let’s hope and pray that the voters of Florida in the 2014 election have priorities different from Scott’s and will retire Scott from the governor’s office.

Bill Lorson

Channeling Grayson

Clyde Fabretti’s comments in his MyWord column (“The fear factor of Rep. Alan Grayson,” Orlando Sentinel, Thursday) are par for the course in our current political climate.

He criticizes U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson for hyperbole and namecalling — rightfully so — and then “proves” his point by calling people names, by using meaningless buzzwords and by attacking anybody whomight dare to disagree with his positions.

I guess his point was “do as I say and not as I do.” All too common these days.

Philip Storey

Obamacare and a big dose of sarcasm

What is known as Obamacare is a strange piece of legislation that should never have been passed. It wasn’t written for political gain of the politicians or monetary gain of rich CEOs. It was done for the general population — the people.

Howin the world could legislation benefiting the people, and with no benefit for Congress or lawmakers’ ultrarich donors, actually be done in Washington, D.C.? Something must be terribly wrong.

Kent Williamson