| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 15, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| READERS REPORT
Maybe Gridlock Isn't So Bad After All In ''Can Clinton and the Republicans ever get back to business?'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, Feb. 22), Amway Corp. President Dick DeVos says ''people are not inspired by a party that does a lot of dealmaking with the opposition.'' Being a thirtysomething post-baby-boomer, I can say that I and many of my generation do not look to our political parties for inspiration. I'd rather have a government that gets things done than one so bogged down in principle that nothing positive is accomplished. The implication that those who govern should not make deals is absurd. That is exactly how things get accomplished: Compromise. Both parties are so guilty of partisanship at the expense of progress that most people have lost faith in those who govern. On second thought, perhaps a little gridlock to keep the government from meddling more wouldn't be so bad. Mark Weinstock New York The success of the economy since 1984 owes thanks to the government fumblers staying out of it. Reagan stayed out on purpose, Bush didn't know how to get in, and gridlock has kept them out since. Thank God for gridlock. If the politicians get ''back to business,'' the rest of us are doomed to less freedom and fewer opportunities to build wealth. Few things any legislature does fail to take freedom or money from the citizens it has sworn to care for. Ted Nottingham West Lafayette, Ind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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