Channel anger in a positive way
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Editor,
I have just heard reports that Members of Congress who voted for the just-signed-into-law health care reform bill are being targeted in violent ways. Such behavior is terribly wrong. House Minority Leader, John Boehner, has urged people to take their anger at the new law and “channel it into positive change.”
Others are comparing this anger with the anger we saw regarding the Civil Rights legislation of the 1960s. This incorrect comparison points out precisely the problem about this mess. People opposed to the new health care law are not, for the most part, motivated by mindless bigotry. They are genuinely concerned citizens who fear they are seeing the demise of our grand country, founded solidly on the integrity of each individual. Their concerns have been summarily disregarded by the people in the majority in Washington, D.C. This fact was clearly seen in the ridiculous “health care Summit” at the While House on February 25. While Civil Rights is a moral imperative, health care reform is a matter of opinion.
Just a quick story — I know a family in the over $300,000 income bracket. The dad works indefatigably, actually world-known in his field. The mom works equally hard doing volunteer work at three different schools and in many community activities. Their money is used mostly to give advantages to their four children. One child, for instance, was accepted into an expensive summer camp at Duke University. Will they have to cut back on providing these advantages for their kids to pay the salaries of new bureaucrats in the Health Choices Administration? Is that fair? Not in my opinion.
This letter is an attempt to channel my anger in a positive way. Another obvious step has to do with voting next November. Unfortunately, neither of our senators is up for reelection in 2010. Our representative, Denny Rehberg, who voted against the new law, deserves our support in his bid for another term. There are probably other positive steps also. I hope everyone will consider these things.
Carol Cummings
Polson
