Senators,
And so it goes... You buy Senator Landrieu's vote for 300 million and now Senator Nelson had his hand filled with another 100+ million. You folks in Washington are amazing. Do you not see how crooked you all are. No, of course not. Hey Bill, I just wrote Ben and thanked him for sticking to his democrat principles. You know, the ones where you can sell the country down the river as long as you get something out of it. You all certainly lead by example. Senator Reid shows you all how to close the door on your constituents so you can get the real work of the politburo done. Oh, Senator LeMieux, don't think you and your party are any better. Your boss down here in Florida took my tax dollars as a bribe/stimulus and now is trying to run as a fiscally conservative Republican.
Senators, I keep telling you, it is not your money to do with as you want! It is my money and your are to do as I want. I wrote you telling you to not bailout anyone and you did anyway. I told you not to stimulate anybody and yet the back scratching and palm massaging has reached a fevered pitch. I told you no to government intervention into health care (lotsa times I might add) and here we are, a few hundred million dollars under the table, okay, it was really carefully word crafted legislation, to a couple of your brethren " peoples' servants" and tada, I now get to pay for educating some poor smuck and then listen to him tell me how to live my life. Luckily, I live in Key West and I won't have to pay the Tanning Salon Tax.
Speaking of tax, how's that cap and tax bill coming where we replace our reliance on fossil fuels with our reliance on a dream of someday being green with energy. You didn't let us drill, you didn't let us build, and now you want us to conserve by using bulbs with mercury in them to help save the planet. I have heard you repeat the audacity of hope mantra over and over again (see the paragraph above for examples). Try this one on, "stupid is as stupid does". Telling us to light and heat our homes on a still moonless winter night with your green power solutions fit right in.
To the screener reading this, if you don't tell your boss anything else, just tell him it's beginning to look a lot like tyranny.
With the respect due your office,
Edward Rodda
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
I Didn't Read It All, But...
Senators Nelson and Lemieux,
Let us review your health care bill. There is no public option, there is no Medicare buy in, there is no tort reform, there is no freeing up of private insurance across state lines, and as yet, there is no guarantee for the rights of the unborn. What does that leave us? How about almost 700 uses of the word grant.
Let us define the word "grant" as it applies to the bill.
grant-a sum of money given by the government or some other organization to fund such things as education or research (we shall see how this applies momentarily).
I will now go to a passage or two in the bill regarding grants.
Under Subtitle C-Creating Healthier Communities, Section 4201 Community Transformation Grants, (c)(2) and I quote:
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the Director (for approval) a detailed plan that includes the policy, environmental, programmatic, and as appropriate infrastructure changes needed to promote healthy living and reduce disparities.
Is this not a state's responsibility? Why do we need your fingers in our lives? Would you like to see some of the control, oh, did I say control, how about input over our daily lives?
How about "developing and promoting programs targeting a variety of age levels to increase access to nutrition, physical activity and smoking cessation, improve social and emotional wellness, enhance safety in a community, or address any other chronic disease priority area identified by the grantee; (iv) assessing and implementing work site wellness programming and incentives; (v) working to highlight healthy options at restaurants and other food venues; (vi) prioritizing strategies to reduce racial and ethnic disparities, including social, economic, and geographic determinants of health; and (vii) addressing special populations needs, including all age groups and individuals with disabilities, and individuals in both urban and rural areas."
Did you see where I can get an appointment with a doctor anywhere in there? Or are you looking at a community based organization that will be using my tax dollars to direct my life, from how I eat and where, to my daily exercise, not to leave out my ethnic issues when it comes to eating certain foods (I am part Italian). This has nothing to do with seeing my doctor when I need to, does it Senators. You want my money and control over my every breath.
Senator Nelson, I had written you in the past regarding the need for more doctors to support the addition of 1/10 of the U.S. population who either cannot afford or do not want health care. Many, many pages of this bill, and the word "grant", are used to educate and pay for new health care providers that will be subject to the federal government. I was unable to locate the baseline grading which would allow your new employees to continue working. As a retired Navy vet and a civil service employee I understand the problems associated with letting someone go due to poor performance. What performance standards are being set and what tools are you giving the school and the employer to let the person go when it becomes necessary and how am I going to get my tax dollars back from his/her education?
On a separate note, with a federally employed doctor who just murdered 13 of my brother vets fresh on my mind, whose poor performance was overlooked because of his beliefs, what safeguards are you putting in to prevent a person from doing harm to his/her patients because of the caregiver's beliefs? In reading the bill I get a sense you will be providing segregated service to patients depending on their ethnicity and religious beliefs. How inclusive of you.
One other question that came to mind while reviewing your bill was in the area of malpractice suits. I attempted to find how a patient's rights are protected when dealing with a federally employed caregiver. As a vet I learned quite quickly a military caregiver has some protection under the law when it comes to poor performance. I found nothing. My question is where in this bill do I have the right to sue the United States for educating and employing a substandard caregiver who caused me physical and/or mental harm or stress? Or is your idea of tort reform to prevent patients from suing. But wait, I take back my comment that there is no tort reform in your 2000+ page bill. I actually found the word "litigation" in your document 4 times, the first on page 1858. I am so proud of you! On the other hand...
SEC. 6801. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
"States should be encouraged to develop and test alternatives to the existing civil litigation system as a way of improving patient safety, reducing medical errors, encouraging the efficient resolution of disputes, increasing the availability of prompt and fair resolution of disputes, and improving access to
liability insurance, while preserving an individual’s right to seek redress in court; and Congress should consider establishing a State demonstration program to evaluate alter natives to the existing civil litigation system with respect to the resolution of medical malpractice claims."
Do you see any federally sponsored tort reform? Lip service is there, for sure. No, instead you drop the issue on the states to resolve. Oh, did you notice the word "grant" in this section? Strangely, of the almost 700 times the word grant was used it didn't make it here so the states are on their own to work this one out.
In closing, I am against this bill. You in Congress have screwed up Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, home loan financing, oh let's be honest, just about everything you try to control. Your batting average is in the tank, what makes you think you are going to hit this one out of the park? Let the free market run, without controls, without needless inclusions on health care policies, where doctors get paid depending on their abilities and patients have a right to choose.
With the respect due your office,
Edward Rodda
Let us review your health care bill. There is no public option, there is no Medicare buy in, there is no tort reform, there is no freeing up of private insurance across state lines, and as yet, there is no guarantee for the rights of the unborn. What does that leave us? How about almost 700 uses of the word grant.
Let us define the word "grant" as it applies to the bill.
grant-a sum of money given by the government or some other organization to fund such things as education or research (we shall see how this applies momentarily).
I will now go to a passage or two in the bill regarding grants.
Under Subtitle C-Creating Healthier Communities, Section 4201 Community Transformation Grants, (c)(2) and I quote:
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the Director (for approval) a detailed plan that includes the policy, environmental, programmatic, and as appropriate infrastructure changes needed to promote healthy living and reduce disparities.
Is this not a state's responsibility? Why do we need your fingers in our lives? Would you like to see some of the control, oh, did I say control, how about input over our daily lives?
How about "developing and promoting programs targeting a variety of age levels to increase access to nutrition, physical activity and smoking cessation, improve social and emotional wellness, enhance safety in a community, or address any other chronic disease priority area identified by the grantee; (iv) assessing and implementing work site wellness programming and incentives; (v) working to highlight healthy options at restaurants and other food venues; (vi) prioritizing strategies to reduce racial and ethnic disparities, including social, economic, and geographic determinants of health; and (vii) addressing special populations needs, including all age groups and individuals with disabilities, and individuals in both urban and rural areas."
Did you see where I can get an appointment with a doctor anywhere in there? Or are you looking at a community based organization that will be using my tax dollars to direct my life, from how I eat and where, to my daily exercise, not to leave out my ethnic issues when it comes to eating certain foods (I am part Italian). This has nothing to do with seeing my doctor when I need to, does it Senators. You want my money and control over my every breath.
Senator Nelson, I had written you in the past regarding the need for more doctors to support the addition of 1/10 of the U.S. population who either cannot afford or do not want health care. Many, many pages of this bill, and the word "grant", are used to educate and pay for new health care providers that will be subject to the federal government. I was unable to locate the baseline grading which would allow your new employees to continue working. As a retired Navy vet and a civil service employee I understand the problems associated with letting someone go due to poor performance. What performance standards are being set and what tools are you giving the school and the employer to let the person go when it becomes necessary and how am I going to get my tax dollars back from his/her education?
On a separate note, with a federally employed doctor who just murdered 13 of my brother vets fresh on my mind, whose poor performance was overlooked because of his beliefs, what safeguards are you putting in to prevent a person from doing harm to his/her patients because of the caregiver's beliefs? In reading the bill I get a sense you will be providing segregated service to patients depending on their ethnicity and religious beliefs. How inclusive of you.
One other question that came to mind while reviewing your bill was in the area of malpractice suits. I attempted to find how a patient's rights are protected when dealing with a federally employed caregiver. As a vet I learned quite quickly a military caregiver has some protection under the law when it comes to poor performance. I found nothing. My question is where in this bill do I have the right to sue the United States for educating and employing a substandard caregiver who caused me physical and/or mental harm or stress? Or is your idea of tort reform to prevent patients from suing. But wait, I take back my comment that there is no tort reform in your 2000+ page bill. I actually found the word "litigation" in your document 4 times, the first on page 1858. I am so proud of you! On the other hand...
SEC. 6801. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
"States should be encouraged to develop and test alternatives to the existing civil litigation system as a way of improving patient safety, reducing medical errors, encouraging the efficient resolution of disputes, increasing the availability of prompt and fair resolution of disputes, and improving access to
liability insurance, while preserving an individual’s right to seek redress in court; and Congress should consider establishing a State demonstration program to evaluate alter natives to the existing civil litigation system with respect to the resolution of medical malpractice claims."
Do you see any federally sponsored tort reform? Lip service is there, for sure. No, instead you drop the issue on the states to resolve. Oh, did you notice the word "grant" in this section? Strangely, of the almost 700 times the word grant was used it didn't make it here so the states are on their own to work this one out.
In closing, I am against this bill. You in Congress have screwed up Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, home loan financing, oh let's be honest, just about everything you try to control. Your batting average is in the tank, what makes you think you are going to hit this one out of the park? Let the free market run, without controls, without needless inclusions on health care policies, where doctors get paid depending on their abilities and patients have a right to choose.
With the respect due your office,
Edward Rodda
Saturday, December 12, 2009
And Another Trillion, And Another Trillion, And Another...
Senator Lemieux,
You can't be serious... You are attempting to make a 2000+ page bill something good by hanging a few Republican amendments on it? Have you read this bill, Senator? Have you seen the amount of bureaucracy, or the amount of graft that has been dumped into this bill?
How about adding this amendment? Remove all 685 uses of the word "grant".
Stop the presses, the Washington money launderers have passed a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill with another trillion to go by the end of the year. Oh, and you are going to have to raise the debt ceiling to get there. My daughter will be happy to pay for that, also. Oh, how angry I should be, but having seen what you all are doing to our country gives me the impetus to start explaining to my daughter the need to get a good education and proceed to a country that can use it while giving her the freedom to use it to her advantage, not the government's. You in Washington have no heart and no soul. You throw huge numbers around like there will be no consequence as you protect yourselves with "private" health insurance and one heck of a golden parachute for a retirement.
Let's review some of the things you just passed that help me:
Needle exchanges for drug addicts with HIV- Nope, doesn't do me a bit of good.
Closing the Gitmo detainee way station- Nope, just brings the terrorists into the country and gives the home grown someplace to move. Good job there, Senator.
5,000 pork barrel projects- Nope, just raises my taxes so you in Washington can get re-elected because "you got more show and tell' than the other guy.
Allow the use of government money for abortions in D.C.- Nope, how is it the guilty must have committed an horrendous crime and have a court order to be put to death and yet the innocent must only be considered a nuisance to have their life ended.
Defense Spending-Nope, you didn't vote for that at all. You are saving that to push through the really bad stuff that just has to get passed. Gee, I can't wait to see that one.
You all need to go. You do not listen, you do not care. You are no longer "Americans" as our grandparents and parents were, who took care of themselves and those around them as they could. You have become the "Great Teat" where the suckling (pig/entitlement receiver, you choose) that makes the most noise and muscles its' way to the front gets the milk. Too bad the nourishment is tainted with the sweat of millions of Americans who have done nothing wrong, except understand each person is responsible for his or her own happiness.
With the respect due the Office of a Senator,
Edward Rodda
P.S. In regards to paragraph one, stop voting for any amendments. As a matter of fact, stop voting on it entirely. Let the Democrats take complete ownership. There is no compromising with megalomania.
You can't be serious... You are attempting to make a 2000+ page bill something good by hanging a few Republican amendments on it? Have you read this bill, Senator? Have you seen the amount of bureaucracy, or the amount of graft that has been dumped into this bill?
How about adding this amendment? Remove all 685 uses of the word "grant".
Stop the presses, the Washington money launderers have passed a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill with another trillion to go by the end of the year. Oh, and you are going to have to raise the debt ceiling to get there. My daughter will be happy to pay for that, also. Oh, how angry I should be, but having seen what you all are doing to our country gives me the impetus to start explaining to my daughter the need to get a good education and proceed to a country that can use it while giving her the freedom to use it to her advantage, not the government's. You in Washington have no heart and no soul. You throw huge numbers around like there will be no consequence as you protect yourselves with "private" health insurance and one heck of a golden parachute for a retirement.
Let's review some of the things you just passed that help me:
Needle exchanges for drug addicts with HIV- Nope, doesn't do me a bit of good.
Closing the Gitmo detainee way station- Nope, just brings the terrorists into the country and gives the home grown someplace to move. Good job there, Senator.
5,000 pork barrel projects- Nope, just raises my taxes so you in Washington can get re-elected because "you got more show and tell' than the other guy.
Allow the use of government money for abortions in D.C.- Nope, how is it the guilty must have committed an horrendous crime and have a court order to be put to death and yet the innocent must only be considered a nuisance to have their life ended.
Defense Spending-Nope, you didn't vote for that at all. You are saving that to push through the really bad stuff that just has to get passed. Gee, I can't wait to see that one.
You all need to go. You do not listen, you do not care. You are no longer "Americans" as our grandparents and parents were, who took care of themselves and those around them as they could. You have become the "Great Teat" where the suckling (pig/entitlement receiver, you choose) that makes the most noise and muscles its' way to the front gets the milk. Too bad the nourishment is tainted with the sweat of millions of Americans who have done nothing wrong, except understand each person is responsible for his or her own happiness.
With the respect due the Office of a Senator,
Edward Rodda
P.S. In regards to paragraph one, stop voting for any amendments. As a matter of fact, stop voting on it entirely. Let the Democrats take complete ownership. There is no compromising with megalomania.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
So Bill, who do I contact???
To all my "elected" officials,
I have written Senator Nelson on a couple of occasions with my concerns regarding my tax dollars going to foreign companies. His response, quoted below, is less than comforting. He did not take ownership of the issue, he did not provide any information regarding how I am going to get back my part of the half a billion dollars (a mere pittance in today's "my government can take care of me forever" mentality), nor did he provide me with the appropriate elected official's name, key word "elected", whom I may contact to voice my concerns.
I am writing all of you on the chance that one of you will direct me to the right official. In as much as the majority of you are spending most of your time attempting to remove more of my income through hidden taxes, fees, and price increases I do not expect any of you to answer. You are allowed to surprise me.
If any of you would like to review my input to the Senator you may find it at:
http://musings-of-a-concerned-american.blogspot.com
Respectfully,
Edward Rodda
cc: Senator Nelson
The Senator's reply:
Dear Mr. Rodda:
Thank you for contacting me regarding Fisker Automotive. I appreciate your taking the time to be involved and informed about matters important to Florida and our nation.
Please know that I will keep your views in mind if this issue is considered before the Senate. If you have any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me in the future.
Sincerely,
Senator Bill Nelson
I have written Senator Nelson on a couple of occasions with my concerns regarding my tax dollars going to foreign companies. His response, quoted below, is less than comforting. He did not take ownership of the issue, he did not provide any information regarding how I am going to get back my part of the half a billion dollars (a mere pittance in today's "my government can take care of me forever" mentality), nor did he provide me with the appropriate elected official's name, key word "elected", whom I may contact to voice my concerns.
I am writing all of you on the chance that one of you will direct me to the right official. In as much as the majority of you are spending most of your time attempting to remove more of my income through hidden taxes, fees, and price increases I do not expect any of you to answer. You are allowed to surprise me.
If any of you would like to review my input to the Senator you may find it at:
http://musings-of-a-concerned-american.blogspot.com
Respectfully,
Edward Rodda
cc: Senator Nelson
The Senator's reply:
Dear Mr. Rodda:
Thank you for contacting me regarding Fisker Automotive. I appreciate your taking the time to be involved and informed about matters important to Florida and our nation.
Please know that I will keep your views in mind if this issue is considered before the Senate. If you have any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me in the future.
Sincerely,
Senator Bill Nelson
Monday, November 30, 2009
HOORAY(or should I say phooey)! My First Non-Automated Answer
Well, imagine that. I write a couple of letters with my concerns about a foreign company accepting my tax dollars to build a car I can't afford and here is the response from my elected official. Makes me wonder why I pay him...
Dear Mr. Rodda:
Thank you for contacting me regarding Fisker Automotive. I appreciate your taking the time to be involved and informed about matters important to Florida and our nation.
Please know that I will keep your views in mind if this issue is considered before the Senate. If you have any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me in the future.
Sincerely,
Senator Bill Nelson
Notice how he dodges the bullet by saying it hasn't been considered so its not his fault... Consider this Bill! If you can't control the flow of money out of my pocket into somebody elses, you'd better be screaming about it!
Dear Mr. Rodda:
Thank you for contacting me regarding Fisker Automotive. I appreciate your taking the time to be involved and informed about matters important to Florida and our nation.
Please know that I will keep your views in mind if this issue is considered before the Senate. If you have any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me in the future.
Sincerely,
Senator Bill Nelson
Notice how he dodges the bullet by saying it hasn't been considered so its not his fault... Consider this Bill! If you can't control the flow of money out of my pocket into somebody elses, you'd better be screaming about it!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
When the White House writes...
Some of you may have received an email from Michelle Obama, I decided to reply...
Michelle, may I call you Michelle?
Thank you for your thoughtful message. My family and I always try and provide for those less fortunate than us regardless of what led them there. In as much as you were thoughtful enough to send me a Thanksgiving message, here is mine to you and your family.
As we prepare our Thanksgiving dinner we are aware that next Thanksgiving, if all goes well for the politicians, we will be living in a completely different America. Instead of giving thanks to God we will be giving thanks to you and your wonderful husband for providing for those in need by taking directly from our larder without us having to do anything but try and make a living.
Michelle, I look back at my life and see all the opportunities I have had, some I have let slip through my fingers, thank you to my wonderful parents for trying to give me a college education. And yet America was there to provide me with many others and I thank God for them. No, I never became another Warren Buffet, not even a Jimmy Buffett, but I was given the tools, and used them to my fullest extent, to become a provider for my family. We live comfortably at a standard of living far greater than many in the world because our forefathers designed a government which allowed the people to be responsible for their own happiness.
Michelle, when you look at America through the glasses colored by the people who have raised you, educated you, and taught you the meaning of loving God what do you see? Were you truly not proud to be an American up to the moment you publicly announced your change of heart? Are you not proud of us Americans, millions of us, who have served our country for many more years than you beloved husband, we that have given him the greatest opportunity in the world and he took it? Are you truly unsatisfied with what our founding fathers provided for us through their love of God; and their foresight to ensure its continued existence through the Bill of Rights? Or do you believe in only one portion of the Declaration of Independence in that “all men are created equal” and that government is responsible for making sure of it?
Michelle, this afternoon when you sit down for Thanksgiving what are you going to tell your daughters to be thankful for? Are you going to be thankful to God who has bestowed many great things upon this nation? Or are you going to tell them to be thankful for the politicians who are bestowing gifts upon those who believe what you have been taught to believe? I pray you do not continue coloring your children’s world with what you have been taught. Tell them to be thankful for what God has given them outright and if not thankful, gracious to those who attempt to ensure the continued existence of this great nation as our founders designed.
Sincerely,
Edward Rodda
Michelle, may I call you Michelle?
Thank you for your thoughtful message. My family and I always try and provide for those less fortunate than us regardless of what led them there. In as much as you were thoughtful enough to send me a Thanksgiving message, here is mine to you and your family.
As we prepare our Thanksgiving dinner we are aware that next Thanksgiving, if all goes well for the politicians, we will be living in a completely different America. Instead of giving thanks to God we will be giving thanks to you and your wonderful husband for providing for those in need by taking directly from our larder without us having to do anything but try and make a living.
Michelle, I look back at my life and see all the opportunities I have had, some I have let slip through my fingers, thank you to my wonderful parents for trying to give me a college education. And yet America was there to provide me with many others and I thank God for them. No, I never became another Warren Buffet, not even a Jimmy Buffett, but I was given the tools, and used them to my fullest extent, to become a provider for my family. We live comfortably at a standard of living far greater than many in the world because our forefathers designed a government which allowed the people to be responsible for their own happiness.
Michelle, when you look at America through the glasses colored by the people who have raised you, educated you, and taught you the meaning of loving God what do you see? Were you truly not proud to be an American up to the moment you publicly announced your change of heart? Are you not proud of us Americans, millions of us, who have served our country for many more years than you beloved husband, we that have given him the greatest opportunity in the world and he took it? Are you truly unsatisfied with what our founding fathers provided for us through their love of God; and their foresight to ensure its continued existence through the Bill of Rights? Or do you believe in only one portion of the Declaration of Independence in that “all men are created equal” and that government is responsible for making sure of it?
Michelle, this afternoon when you sit down for Thanksgiving what are you going to tell your daughters to be thankful for? Are you going to be thankful to God who has bestowed many great things upon this nation? Or are you going to tell them to be thankful for the politicians who are bestowing gifts upon those who believe what you have been taught to believe? I pray you do not continue coloring your children’s world with what you have been taught. Tell them to be thankful for what God has given them outright and if not thankful, gracious to those who attempt to ensure the continued existence of this great nation as our founders designed.
Sincerely,
Edward Rodda
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Hidden Costs of Health Care Reform
Senator,
I am writing to provide you with my take on the health care debacle. It continues to amaze me that you believe I will not be paying for the bill regardless of whom you tax/surcharge/fee/fine. These wonderful folks, who are making the lions share, are the ones taking the risks. Have you become so single minded you have forgotten how this country became great? Would Barney Frank be offended because Mr. Ford took a huge risk helping to shove our country from an agrarian nation into the manufacturing leader of the 20th century? Do you not believe the descendents of Mr. Ford who are taking the risks today will not pass on your tax/surcharge/fee/fine to the end user of the product, hmmm, which is me? Do you not believe you will increase the price tag of every item the government purchases thereby giving you in Washington another reason to raise our personal taxes, as if you didn’t have enough reasons already?
In regards to the bill itself, I will not ever get what you promised with this health care proposal. First off, as it is over 1900 pages, can you even show me in the House bill where your personal promises are? Secondly, with the amount of bureaucracy you have added into the mix, do you for a minute believe I will be able to call my primary care physician and be able to see him within a day or two? I will tell you this, Senator, I live in Key West and to be able to see the best orthopedist here I have to wait 2 months. What are the chances of me seeing him at all once you take over? You are going to control his every move to get the most out of him because the dirty little secret is you don’t have enough physicians because of the regulations you already have foisted on them. He may try to ride out the storm but my bet is if he is any good he will take his shingle down and move to where he can work without so much government control. And where does that leave me? I will tell you where, Senator, seeing “doctors” who do not look beyond the prescription they write because some bureaucrat has complete control of my health care based on my age and what I can provide to the tax base.
No, Senator, this bill is not good for me or the country. I have written you many times in the past and discussed how this level playing field will not work. This bill will put in the end zone for you in Washington so at the end of the day you can look down from your box seat and watch those of us that are left scurry around on the field like ants trying to reach our goals. Too bad our end zone has been removed by the people we have voted into power.
Edward Rodda
I am writing to provide you with my take on the health care debacle. It continues to amaze me that you believe I will not be paying for the bill regardless of whom you tax/surcharge/fee/fine. These wonderful folks, who are making the lions share, are the ones taking the risks. Have you become so single minded you have forgotten how this country became great? Would Barney Frank be offended because Mr. Ford took a huge risk helping to shove our country from an agrarian nation into the manufacturing leader of the 20th century? Do you not believe the descendents of Mr. Ford who are taking the risks today will not pass on your tax/surcharge/fee/fine to the end user of the product, hmmm, which is me? Do you not believe you will increase the price tag of every item the government purchases thereby giving you in Washington another reason to raise our personal taxes, as if you didn’t have enough reasons already?
In regards to the bill itself, I will not ever get what you promised with this health care proposal. First off, as it is over 1900 pages, can you even show me in the House bill where your personal promises are? Secondly, with the amount of bureaucracy you have added into the mix, do you for a minute believe I will be able to call my primary care physician and be able to see him within a day or two? I will tell you this, Senator, I live in Key West and to be able to see the best orthopedist here I have to wait 2 months. What are the chances of me seeing him at all once you take over? You are going to control his every move to get the most out of him because the dirty little secret is you don’t have enough physicians because of the regulations you already have foisted on them. He may try to ride out the storm but my bet is if he is any good he will take his shingle down and move to where he can work without so much government control. And where does that leave me? I will tell you where, Senator, seeing “doctors” who do not look beyond the prescription they write because some bureaucrat has complete control of my health care based on my age and what I can provide to the tax base.
No, Senator, this bill is not good for me or the country. I have written you many times in the past and discussed how this level playing field will not work. This bill will put in the end zone for you in Washington so at the end of the day you can look down from your box seat and watch those of us that are left scurry around on the field like ants trying to reach our goals. Too bad our end zone has been removed by the people we have voted into power.
Edward Rodda
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