  Robert's Rules to Ruin  February 23, 2013 The Daily Mining
Gazette  To the editor:  "The first panacea for a mismanaged
nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both
bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But
both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists."
This quote was made by Ernest Hemingway.  It would be helpful if
the recent letter writer of Feb. 8 had documented when "Both
Reagan and Bush ... borrowed heavily." Excuse me? Didn't Obama
horrendously increase the "large national debt" shortly after
assuming his presidency with mega bailouts and stimulus
packages?  What sane family would maintain a household by
acquiring debt and borrowing money to right a bad situation?
Conservatives believe in paying their bills. It is not "hatred
of taxes" that burns them but rather that taxes make possible
the expanding of unnecessary government entitlements to a sub-
class of freeloaders.  If the writer's goal is the demise of
America sooner than later, by all means ke