Several have already been discussed regarding paying taxes, a fine and learning English

A additional requirement that the applicants name be included on the current census as Rosetta Stone condition of eligibility is not unreasonable and would establish that the applicant was actually in the U.S. prior to the enactment of any legislation. It is a constitutional requirement and as such the law. It requires little or no effort to comply with and it would also have the added benefit of reducing the opportunity for fraud in the application process. This requirement would be less burdensome on an applicant than the language and monetary requirements being considered. On a local level, it would help California and Ventura County to more accurately account for the immigrant workers who would otherwise fail to register. As I understand it, the more accurate the better, because many state and federal programs are funded in part based on the census count. — Dennis L. McNeill,Thousand Oaks Column overhypedRe: Eugene Robinson’s April 23 column, “Trust fades into the sunset”:The moral here, for Robinson, is the one about people who live in glass houses. His overhyped column goes on and on about tea party attendees, people who believe in gun ownership, those that protest additional taxes, “devotees of the gold standard” (whatever that means), Sarah Palin, and all kinds of labels attached to those with whom you disagree — a whole list — using your own words, which were not intellectually coherent. I’m a tea party members and proud of it. None of Robinson’s labels fit me. Although I do believe in our right to Rosetta Stone Chinese bear arms, that does not make me a gun nut. Despite receiving less than $500 a month for Medicare, yes, I surely do protest any rise in taxes. Robinson should try reading Palin’s book “Going Rogue” and find out what a hard worker and truly good person she is. I don’t know what it is that would make me a “devotee of the gold standard,” but I am a Republican who thinks for myself. I see the way this administration is going is upside down. Don’t you see that outflow in excess of income is foolish? — Hazel V. Munger,Newbury ParkImposing our will Having had the opportunity to visit some 98 countries, including many Muslim countries, I can say without equivocation that Americans are the most na?ve people on the planet. Apparently, because of our great wealth and military power, we are exempt from attempting to understand the world around us. Instead, we feel justified to impose our will on others. I thought it was just a conservative problem, but apparently not. I heard from our attorney general and Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week that Muslim terrorists want to do us harm because of our freedoms and our way of life. These terrorist could care less about our freedoms. Their hatred for us is born from the way we interject ourselves into their way of life. We only seem to truly love democracy when it suits our foreign policy objectives, and the world understands this very well, but the average American doesn’t have a clue. We are blinded with pious envy of ourselves. We have helped to overthrow several democratically elected governments — including one in Iran, replaced by a monarchy, which then gave us control of its oil fields in return. The Iranians don’t hate us because of our freedom, they hate us for stealing their freedom and sovereignty. We helped the Jews carve out a country by taking land from the Palestinians, and then we are shocked when the Palestinians react negatively. Rosetta Stone French Would it not been more appropriate to carve out a chunk of Germany? Our anger over 9/11 caused us to lash out inappropriately, causing even more people to hate us. Instead of striking out and killing those responsible, our neoconservatives used this blind rage as an opportunity to mask their imperialistic intent with the felonious drum beat of freedom for all. Wake up, people!— Tom Ion,MoorparkHealth reform’s originsRe: Bob Lagomarsino’s April 23 letter, “Republican input”:Where was Mr. Lagomarsino last year? He writes that the “Democratic leadership crafted the bill in secret” for healthcare reform. In fact, the Democrats wasted the whole summer and fall attempting to woo the congressional Republicans, but the Republicans made it crystal clear that they wanted no part of the process. They gloated that they would create President Barack Obama’s “Waterloo.” They nearly did. Political spite was uppermost. The bill finally enacted is most emphatically not “government-run healthcare.” It’s the same lousy system of private insurance, gobbling up 30 percent of your premiums for overhead, without a public option for meaningful competition, but with a few tinkering changes. It’s a rehash of Republican ideas [Rosetta Stone] going back to President Richard Nixon, warmed over by the ultraconservative Heritage Foundation, proposed by Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, and actually enacted — if you please — by Gov. Mitt Romney in Massachusetts, a Republican.But I compliment Mr. Lagomarsino for getting one thing straight. He brilliantly demonstrated why Americans despise Congress, and why 67 percent despise congressional Republicans. s