Re: (B.C. Views, March 4)
Tom Fletcher with typical Neanderthal reasoning of BԪַRight wing good, left badBԪַ parrots Premier ClarkBԪַs recent insults to teenagers, BԪַThey tend to be lazyBԪַ or to those people who voted NDP, BԪַIf your kid is on the couch after 30 heBԪַs a New Democrat.BԪַ
Clark, who doesnBԪַt like the toxic atmosphere in the legislature, isnBԪַt short on venom for her perceived opponents.
Fletcher repeats government denials that student loan debt is a problem and takes swipes at BԪַmisguided university profs who organize against job-creating projects,BԪַ and BԪַpeople growing up refusing jobs.BԪַ Not only does our minimum wage put workers at $6,000 below the poverty line, incomes over the years have shrunk and the quality of jobs is at a 25-year low, with some people taking multiple part-time jobs without benefits.
People are responsible for their debts no matter what (unless their name is Basi or Virk), but there are reasons why young people are so broke.
Premier ClarkBԪַs scorn repeated by Fletcher in your publication insults teens who are not lazy and those who voted NDP who maybe had a different vision of what government is for.
Ted Roberts
Sooke