I am amazed at the auto companies needing help. I bet Henry Ford would turn over in his grave, if he knew, after selling over a billion cars since the Model T, they would cry they are not making enough money. So our government gives GM and Chrysler bailouts and loans Ford public money. Give me a break. It’s not just Toyota that can’t get it right.

I went to get my car inspected and was told there were a couple of things the computer said was wrong. So until I get it fixed I can’t get my tags. A couple of years ago, when we found out North Carolina was going to do away with the stickers, we were all happy. Now they put a computer on your car, and the computer talks to the man servicing your car ... and it costs more. The results of the computer are supposed to go directly to Raleigh, and then you can buy your tags, which also cost more. Who is to say these computers are correct?

There has to be millions of them all over North Carolina. If they couldn’t pick out a big glitch like the electronic brain of the acceleration on the Toyota that has killed people and injured lots of people, how do we know our present computer is not just another money maker for the state?

Harold Hansen

Thomasville


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High Pointers should support mall, other local businesses

I have been a lifelong resident of High Point, except for four years away at college. I proudly call High Point my home.

I have seen many changes over the years, some positive and some negative. I am constantly defending my hometown to other people, both from High Point and the surrounding cities in the Triad area. In a recent letter, a reader called Oak Hollow Mall a “black eye of High Point’s progress.” It is embarrassing that a city of 100,000 people cannot support a mall. I, for one, hate driving to Greensboro for anything, but especially for shopping.

If the residents of this city do not begin supporting not only our mall but also our other local businesses, then all of us are going to begin driving to Greensboro for everything. By not supporting our mall, even in its current situation, it perpetuates a cycle. If the residents of High Point do not shop in High Point, then retailers cannot stay in High Point, nor can they offer the quantity and quality of merchandise desired by the people.

In a conversation the other day, I had to defend the quality and variety of restaurants to a fellow High Pointer, and it made me think, it is this attitude that is killing our retail and restaurant opportunities. If you believe in our city, then proudly shop and eat in our city, it is up to us to ensure its survival!

Julie Kimsey

High Point


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Free enterprise, capitalism bring success to America

Allow me to share with your readers the six -isms of our current political scene. I hope they will see the humor as well as the seriousness of current events as they unfold in our everyday lives. I trust they will be wise enough to see the important difference we enjoy here in this great nation of ours.

Socialism: You have two cows – and give one to your neighbor.

Communism: You have two cows – the government takes both and gives you the milk.

Facism: You have two cows – the government takes both and shoots you.

New Dealism: You have two cows – the government takes both, shoots one, milks one and throws the milk away.

Obamaism: You have two cows – the government takes both, promises you a Golden Calf in return, delivers on nothing, and then shoots itself in the foot along with a lot of bull.

Capitalism: You have two cows – you sell one and buy a bull.

Sometimes things said in jest ring a note of truth.

While we in America have passed through periods when our government suffered comparisons with systems like those first mentioned above, we still have the opportunities capitalism brings us ... the theory that everybody who uses his or her talents wisely will succeed.

This belief is the mainstay of our American way. In America, as in no other land, free enterprise coupled with wise and diligent use of our talents, means success for all who are willing to work to that end.

The less interference from government the more we will succeed!

Let us all contact our Washington bureaucrats and tell them to do the right thing. Tell them to lead, follow or get out of the way!

Stan Moore

Thomasville