OpinionAugust 6, 2010

We all hear and read about Wall Street causing our financial problems. Washington politicians are good at this tactic. Who makes the laws and writes regulations that control how businesses function? Who writes bills and regulations that cover thousands of pages so they can contain all of the loopholes needed for businesses to operate the way they do? Who signs these so they become law?...

We all hear and read about Wall Street causing our financial problems. Washington politicians are good at this tactic.

Who makes the laws and writes regulations that control how businesses function? Who writes bills and regulations that cover thousands of pages so they can contain all of the loopholes needed for businesses to operate the way they do? Who signs these so they become law?

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Now you have figured out who is to blame for the mess we're in and how we, the voters, can correct our problem. We're borrowing money to give away and to throw away.

BUDDY PARRISH, Cape Girardeau

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