BY COMPARING people to corporations, Mitt Romney has lost touch with reality, has insulted the American people, and has lost my vote.
Corporations are inherently the direct opposite of people. People do not lay off American workers and then send their jobs overseas, but corporations do it with a smile on their face.
People do not violate age discrimination laws against older American workers, but corporations are virtually uninhibited in doing this to uncounted thousands of US workers.
People do not move their office overseas so that they don’t have to pay US taxes, but corporations do it while laughing all the way to the bank.
The tide has long since turned against the American worker. Fewer and fewer good jobs at a living wage are available. And the American economy is on the brink of another downturn.
Corporations are not people, and they are not our friends. They do not have a soul. And what Romney doesn’t seem to get is that, most of all, people want a president who does have a soul.
Lawrence Tucker
South Hadley
MITT ROMNEY said last week in Iowa that “corporations are people,’’ and that, unlike President Obama, he would not raise taxes to fund programs like Social Security and Medicare (“GOP candidates trade barbs in Iowa debate,’’ Page A1, Aug. 12).
When Romney talks about not raising taxes, he is looking out for those in the upper income bracket and corporation owners. President Obama, meanwhile, has stated from day one that he wants to close the loopholes that the upper bracket and corporations use to reduce the taxes they pay. He has repeated that middle- and lower-income people should not have to carry the extra weight when those who can well afford it get a pass.
Here is a suggestion that would address the tax and unemployment issues. If a corporation wants to keep its tax credits, it has to hire here, not outsource jobs to save money on payroll and health insurance.
I am tired of corporations and the wealthy having a ton of loopholes, and am surprised that more people are not as upset about the stance of many politicians to keep these loopholes open.
Paula Caravella
Plymouth
We need stronger leader, but Texas governor goes too far MITT ROMNEY may have a rough time now that relentless red meat Rick Perry has entered the Republican presidential race. The Texas governor’s angry, aggressive style and blunt answers to complex issues may resonate more with Republican voters than Mitt’s cautious, moderate manner.
After Barack Obama’s tepid performance, some Democrats like me are longing for a political leader with more passion and conviction. But we could never support a presidential candidate like Perry.
Elaine Gottlieb
Cambridge 
