Letters to the editor Aug. 19

Compliance over competence

In what increasingly seems to be a case of life imitating art, are the current political events happening not just in our country, but around the world: a war on the productive, the achieving and small businesses.

Many years ago, a book was published called “Captains and the Kings.” Reportedly based loosely on the life of Joseph Kennedy, it follows him from poverty to incredible wealth and influence. Within his circle was a global group who disdained independence: “The middle class, in all nations, as we know, must be eliminated, for they tend to stimulate and encourage chaotic liberty. They stand in the way of our Plan.”