Take a closer look at these issues

There are many troubling issues and common sense is nowhere to be found.

• Politicians want to stop relying on foreign oil. Sounds great but they refuse to drill our own oil and currently have no available energy source as a substitute. China is buying up oil leases all over the world and will become one of those sources of foreign oil.

• Everyone wants health-care reform. Again a good idea but why copy systems that aren't working? Universal health care will strain the system and doctors will be in short supply, earning less than before.

• "We will save or create 150,000 jobs". That sounded good but it's muted by the fact that over 3.6 million people have lost jobs in the last 13 months and no change is in sight.

• Cap and trade is a fossil fuel tax on industries to save the environment. As with any business additional costs, like these, will be passed on to the consumers.

• California is almost bankrupt and their voters proclaimed no more taxes. Is the federal government going to bail them out too? That remains to be seen.

• Politicians spent trillions bailing out banks and the auto industry. Are the taxpayers going to be given dividends on shares they now own or get big discounts on a new car?

• Politicians want to tax soda because it makes our children fat. A recent study by the World Health Organization stated the cause of obesity is overeating. Are politicians really interested in your health or just the revenue the tax brings?

• Another good sounding idea, wind-turbines. Didn't Ted Kennedy argue that turbines would ruin the pristine vistas off the coast of his state that he couldn't even see? Farmland must not be pristine vistas.

• Solar panels are ruining the ecosystem of some western states. That comes from the concerned greenies.

These are but a few questions that the mainstream media appears afraid to confront.

Wayne Oras Sr.

Schaumburg