Calgary Sun Letters to the Editor, Sept. 28: ‘Beware Putin’s plan’

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Putin’s master plan

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Perhaps Vladimir Putin wants to draw NATO into the Ukraine conflict, so that once Russia is defeated, they can call for the world to pay reparations for attacking them. Rebuild Russia at the cost to the world. No concern for Ukraine. Make Russia Great Again! (Let me pull my tongue out of my cheek.)

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BRUCE MACDONALD

(Putin cannot be trusted and whatever nefarious plans he has, we must be prepared)

Name-calling

Everyone supports the concept of free speech but most realize it has limits. Given that the two political parties in the U.S.A. currently exist in a tinderbox situation, an extremely derogatory comment levelled at a revered supporter of one party could be akin in its result to falsely shouting fire in a crowded building.

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DOUG APPT

(It’s high time to stop calling political opponents nazis and fascists)

Tax pains

The recent article by Fuss & Munroe (Fraser Institute) regarding their concerns about a progressive income tax system is misleading. The authors claim that Albertans earning over $260k per year pay over 65% in income taxes. Yet these authors fail to mention that well-to-do people have many more vehicles at their disposal for reducing taxes than lower-income people do. For example: maximizing TFSA and RRSP contributions, utilizing capital gains investments, etc. As most Albertans should realize, a person earning $40k or $50k per year has little chance to take advantage of these tax reduction strategies or to move into a substantially higher tax bracket.

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MARK PATTERSON

(It’s no question that many Canadians need tax relief)

Liberal shame

There are no words to express the disgrace it is to be a federal Liberal MP. Your boss has nothing but contempt for you and your constituents. Your opinion on anything means nothing to him. He even sent you home for three months to get rid of you. Your job is applauding on cue and voting as ordered. Any proud history of your Liberal Party has disappeared. The party is now nothing more than a collection of frightened opportunists. And the worst part is that you are enabling a man who is destroying your own country. A man who will walk away laughing at you, and you will be left in a social and economic wasteland that he leaves behind. Shame on every one of you for supporting this man.

IAIN FOULDS

(Do they have any shame?)

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