Re: Elton Gallegly's June 14 commentary, "Selling U.S. to China":
For years now, U.S. Rep. Gallegly, along with members of both the House and Senate, sat back and watched the United States sell itself to China by allowing China to buy up U.S. Treasury bonds instead of forming a prudent tax-and-spend policy that provides a balanced budget along with an adequate supply of social, educational and civil services.
Gallegly cries wolf over the common practice of inserting provisions into must-pass legislation, which was common practice for former President George Bush, Gallegly and congressional Republicans. This was done as recently as the credit reform act, which contained a gun law that allows an individual to bring a loaded gun into a wildlife refuge. What does a gun law have to do with credit reform? Nothing!
This is hypocrisy at its very worst.
With the myriad of issues facing our nation right now, Gallegly wastes our tax dollars by childishly pointing out what all members of his party do, himself included: adding provisions to must-pass legislation.
The actions in the Senate, with President Barack Obama inserting such provisions, is not what I support. Gallegly is living in a glass house and should not be throwing stones.
Gallegly attempts to move the blame for our economic crisis with childish complaints about Obama's actions, while he did nothing to fix General Motors or create more economic stability.
The addition of the International Monetary Fund provision was an educated one and is in no way anti-American.
The actions of Obama is not politics at its worst, is is politics. Gallegly failing on so many levels is politics at its worst.
-- Christopher James Grant, Ojai