Letters: Congress needs to use common sense
To the Editor:
Baa! Baa! Baa!
I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s what all in Congress are – sheep! I see no free-thinking, common sense thoughts being offered to any problem/program it has been dealing with for quite some time now. Everyone in Congress, except a handful, is following the leader, right or wrong. They don’t listen to constituents because they don’t care what they think, they stand behind misleading data, they don’t learn from past mistakes – they’ve lost their integrity. They do not deserve to represent us. Compared to the majority of us, they are but a handful and, believe it or not, can be easily replaced.
They have come out with yet another health care bill. The rhetoric is a little bit different, hoping that we will be stupid enough to trust that they are trying to do the right thing for us all.
Of course, all of this was done behind closed doors, no doubt with a great deal of pressure on all present to support this economic folly. They're going to expand coverage and it’s fully paid for? And, oh yes, we can keep our present insurance plan, no problem.
Do they really think we believe this nonsense? They’re taking away $500 billion from senior benefits and taxing businesses and people that have insurance plans they want to keep.
Higher taxes on the backs of the less than 50 percent paying our total tax burden in the midst of a recession is unconscionable. Of course, they neglected to tell us this. What else are they neglecting to tell us? Who has had the time to read the bill? What is it 1,990 pages? Are they even going to read the bill before they vote on it? What’s the rush to pass something, anyway? Anything worth doing is worth doing well, not necessarily fast.
I have an idea. Here I go again, thinking this makes common sense. But what about trying this program out on one state first before you apply it to everyone in the U.S.? See how well that state fares. Taking this avenue prevents us from not only making an irreversible mistake, but adding to our national debt to the tune of $1 trillion dollars.
I believe, like our founding fathers, that the best approach to our problems lies with the people of our great nation, not government. If left alone, we can solve our health care problems through the free market system. Stop taking over our industries and our lives.
Jean Hefner
Campton Hills
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