Warren Buffett’s secretary sat in the first lady’s box at the State of the Union address. Tradition has had it that heroes, both military and civilian, were those invited to be guests for the nation to applaud.
If this doesn’t smack of class warfare you need to be on another planet. If Buffett wants his secretary to have the same benefits, why not pay part of her salary in those wonderful Buffett stocks and let her realize a 15-percent tax.
Roger Shatanof, Coral Gables
Almost a month ago, a Coral Gables travel agency chartering flights to Cuba was firebombed. The agency had recently helped facilitate the pilgrimage of hundreds of Cuban-American Catholic worshipers and others to Cuba to participate in a papal mass.
Re the May 20 column by Myriam Marquez, State shares blame for school woes: Marquez honestly addresses how thoughtless, imbalanced and inconsistent the state’s leadership has been since declaring an all-out assault on public education. Her question “Is the point to strengthen public schools or to destroy them?” needs a definitive answer.
Re the May 22 letter The goal: more water conservation: You cannot tell existing homeowners to limit water-sprinkler use while building more homes, each having showers, dishwashers, sprinklers, etc.
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