Health care, cap and trade bills bad for U.S.
EDITOR: I was unable to attend the town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak with a clever one day notice after he voted on the health care bill. I have read large portions of both the cap and trade bill and the health care bill, and believe both are devastating for our country and our children. The phony speeches that deny logic include the line, “no one will lose their own insurance, if they like it, they can keep it.” In the bill no one may be forced, but if an employer is paying 15 percent to 18 percent of wages in providing health care, and if they don’t provide it they must pay an 8 percent penalty. How long before the math says 8 percent is cheaper than 15 percent so we’ll cut out our healthcare and let our employees go with the public plan? What’s in the public plan? That is to be decided in the future as to what the minimum provisions are, what a crock.
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EDITOR:
Bart Stupak was quoting the Constitution recently, the part where our Government (the place we elected him to work for us at) has the right to raise taxes (he was speaking about the health care bill and how we’ll be...
Reader feels sad for writer who did not have God in his life
EDITOR:
This is in response to the article in the Nov. 5, Daily Press by Ryan Bernard, “People need to be held accountable for their own actions.”
I said a prayer for you when I read your article today.
State chamber president gets it wrong with Humane Society
EDITOR:
Michigan Chamber of Commerce President Richard Studley gets it wrong when he falsely characterizes the work of The Humane Society of the United States (“State Chamber head takes swipe at business tax,” Nov. 12).
Reader appalled AARP would take stance
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Articles from AARP volunteers in the Nov. 7 and 12 editions of the Daily Press extolled the virtues of the Medical Reform Act (HR 3962) and of Rep. Stupak's vote in favor of i.
Reader argues that Stupak will get
EDITOR:
Geoffrey Gautcher’s letter to the Daily Press critical of Bart Stupak’s performance is a very slanted Republican opinion. His final comment,”I hope you enjoy your last year in office,” gets my repl.
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