Spending by Congress
In response to “Changing the Guard Won’t Help Taxpayers,” by Tom Bethell, Column Right, Feb. 16:
Tom Bethell is correct in pointing out the outrageous cost of our current system whereby congressmen are only rewarded for spending within their own districts. However, his proposal to tax congressional districts in proportion to the spending their congressmen vote for would result in the government shutting down due to its unwillingness to spend anything.
There is a better way to overcome the ill effects of congressmen who put their districts, i.e. their jobs, ahead of the health of the country. We could elect 10 additional senators nationally and the President could appoint 30 additional representatives who would not represent limited areas within the United States, but, like the President, they would be accountable to the nation as a whole.
THOMAS J. SINSKY, Los Angeles
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