He remains qualified
I read about a young man, David Tovar, who resigned from Wal-Mart. His resume wasn't up to par. He seemed to be well-qualified. I think a degree doesn't matter if you can do the job.
It seems the execs at Wal-Mart have outgrown their image. Mr. Sam Walton was a hardworking man. He dressed like the rest of us. Does it take a degree, a Brooks Brothers suit and dress shoes to fill the job?
Wal-Mart needs to hire him back. I worked as a teacher for over 39 years, and believe me, there are a lot of people in that profession, teachers and administrators, who shouldn't have their jobs, but they have a degree and wonderful resumes.
THOMAS REINHART
Little Rock
Sad excuse for salute
I just saw, on TV, the president getting off Marine One and saluting the Marines at the bottom of the stairs while holding a coffee cup in his hand. The cup was not in his left hand, but the hand rendering the salute.
He saluted the Marines with a cup of coffee. So sad.
JOHN SCHMIDT III
Hot Springs Village
Fault not all elderly's
So Mr. Daniel Elliff thinks drivers 75 and older should be required to take the driving test every year.
How many accidents are caused by this age group rather than the younger group? I have seen some pretty stupid younger drivers who think they own the road and have the need to go faster than the posted speed limit. Also, younger drivers are always on their phones or texting; I have seen older people stopped on the side of the road on their phone, but younger ones driving and talking on theirs.
I know that some elderly do have health problems, but there are also younger drivers who have health problems that drive. There are driving programs that the senior adult centers have for senior citizens to take, so Florida has got nothing on Arkansas about helping seniors with driving laws. Mr. Elliff, you might want to brush up on them yourself.
CLARA ERICKSON
Bryant
Re-evaluate lottery
After reading for a while everything about the state lottery, I have decided that everyone connected with the lottery should sit back and take a look at how they are running things.
The lottery was voted in to help students with their college education and each year the scholarships are being lessened. Why? Because it seems the powers that be are adding things that take the money raised from the students. Why do we need to pay such a huge amount for anyone connected to the lottery?
If whoever is in charge would stop only putting out one or two large winners and sprinkle winners around in smaller amounts and maybe once in a while a large one, they might find more people interested.
I think the state was wrong in trying to hire this consulting company without getting a bid.
CHESTAMAE STURCH
Gurdon
Of buffoonish attacks
Even the slowest of them, clutching their guns and screaming patriotic slogans, should be able to grasp the obvious reality that if all the products in the supermarkets are made in China, it follows that they are not made in America. Ergo, they were not made by American workers, ergo, all the tax cuts for the rich and corporations did not produce the promised jobs, ergo, they lied to you.
With each new Tea Party attack on America, I think, "This will do it, this will wake them up." Each time I am disappointed.
I believe these buffoonish attacks on women's reproductive rights are simply a smokescreen to hide that they continue to cut American jobs, wages, benefits, education and health care.
Remember when we had a social contract with government? Remember when people were important, and money was simply a tool? Now it seems money is the very essence of Tea Party politics and people are mere throwaways. We used to know that our children could do better than us; now, we know they cannot. Not only are they cutting funding for education, they are more than doubling interest rates on student loans. The surest way to cripple an economy and a society is to eliminate education. No one can benefit from this, not even the rich, considering long-term consumerism.
Is this what it takes to be in the Tea Party? To be able to convince yourself, over and over again, that one plus one equals 13?
FAYE WIEKER
Hot Springs Village
Equality still far off
Many advancements have been made in recent generations in America, whether it be business, technology, medicine, and everything in between. As much as that is something to be proud of, to this day there are barriers or limits to full "equal" progression.
In a day and age of constant moving in a fast pace, men and women both have become highly involved in the work force. Now it's not uncommon for a wife and husband to both leave to go to work, or one or the other can stay home, whether it's the man or the woman. A single mother or father is also able to be involved in the work force and handle home life.
Regardless, there is still a discrepancy in the payment of salary of men versus women. A women can have the same job as a male co-worker, same background, education, resume, etc., and yet still not make the same amount on a dollar-by-dollar basis as her male co-worker.
And it's not based on certain fields of work or positions. It's all across the board. Even a male doctor will make more on average than a female of the same position and experience. Interestingly enough, there are numbers and studies to support the issue, yet there still seems to be a bias being displayed. While there are groups to try to improve this issue, it will take decades for women to fully be equal with men.
VICTORIA HITTLE
Conway
Editorial on 09/30/2014