I am writing to comment upon the lady who just had octuplets. While she is free to do what she wants, it is not something that should be encouraged. In fact, it should be discouraged.
The future of our planet, our civilization, is threatened by the exploding population. Our own city, Ketchum, even encourages population growth despite such encouragement's being highly inadvisable.
Rather than encouraging population growth, it should be discouraged. One way to discourage it is to eliminate the child tax credits, $1,000 per child, for more than two children. Such tax credits encourage population growth.
Unfortunately, even our economic model encourages population growth, a sad commentary on our government.
I also protest the tax evasion by many of our government leaders, who seem to be immune from any penalties or punishment, while the rest of us must strictly tow the line (the right thing to do!).
Jake Jacoby
Sun Valley