Below is a letter I wrote to the US Senator from Ohio Mr. Sherrod Brown.
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Dear Mr. Brown.
I have been a proud supporter of yours as long as I can remember. However, the recent healthcare bill is one I cannot support and due to the way it has been handled, the lack of openness to the people to fully be able to read the ENTIRE bill, the lack of debate, the apparent bribes to some Senators to ensure their votes, the threat of imprisonment and so on.
I have always liked your vision and the caring you show the people. You are a good man. But, your partisanship and the fact that you wish to maintain a good standing with the Dem Party by passing this bill, has caused me to withdraw any further support for you, and when your term comes up, to turn that support to someone else for US Senator.
I am a firm believer that we do need healthcare reform, however, everything I see in this bill punishes the citizens and people it is supposed to help.
I find it sad no other options were even discussed publicly, such as a sliding scale payment, better tax relief not just for employees but employers that offer health insurance. Tax credits to insurance companies that allow them to take on "high risk", "low income" or "pre-existing conditioned" clients.
I firmly believe this bill is toxic not only to the people but to the future of this country as a whole.
I cannot in good conscience support anyone in future elections who has so blatantly put forth partisanship over the people.
As a lifelong Democrat, I feel ashamed for my party. This is not the party I was a part of and believer in for many years.
Thank you for your time,
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This is further rambling that didn't get sent.
It's not a question of being GOP or Dem. it's about standing up for what I believe to be right and what I believe may damage our country's future generations.
I'm on the back 9 of life and closing in on the clubhouse. I golfed my round and did ok. Now, though as I make that turn and look at the few holes left to go, I must make sure the course I left is no worse to play for those coming up behind me. And I hope they see my club selections and what sand traps and water hazards I hit and they can play a better game.
(Golf analogy of life gotta love it.)... See More
Anyway, what this Democratic Congress and President want to pass as Healthcare Reform... tears up the course and puts fricking condos there. Not ONE of them will ever have to worry about receiving the healthcare they just passed. NOT ONE.
I stood up for my party when Bush's lackeys were telling them it was "unpatriotic" to stand up to the president. I believed and do believe it is the moral obligation of a Congressperson to stand up and speak out when they know a bill, law or anything government does is wrong for the country.
NOT ONE Democrat has taken that stance against this bill.
NOT ONE has allowed a GOP Senator to debate on the floor this bill.
NOT ONE has offered to listen to the people and take forth alternatives for debate and to research it's viability and effects.
NOT ONE HAS OFFERED TO READ THE BILL THEY PLAN TO MAKE THE LAW OF THE LAND TO THE PEOPLE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND HOLD TOWNHALL DEBATES. NOT ONE.
That is not the party I have been a part of for over 2 decades.
The party I WAS a part of dedicated themselves to bettering ALL people. To making sure EVERYONE had a voice and could be heard. That policies were to be debated on, studied and worked on until a bill that benefited ALL people present and future could be openly debated, voted on and passed for the president's signature.
This was none of those and the end result stinks to high heaven and my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will never know the freedoms nor the opportunities of myself, my father and his father.