Advertisement

Letter: 'Outlandish' statements true

September 06, 2009

Dear Editor,

A letter writer from Lancaster proved my point about people making outlandish claims with his letter appearing Sept. 1. In an earlier letter, I stated that people were brandishing semi-automatic assault rifles and pistols outside the venue for President Obama's town hall meetings. That was absolutely true. To see videos, go to www.youtube.com and type in "Guns at Obama town hall meetings." He may claim to find my statement "outlandish" but it is factually correct.

It is also true that during the Bush days demonstrators were not allowed to wear anti-Bush T-shirts or carry signs at the venue where Bush was speaking. There were numerous instances where these people were either arrested or forcibly removed. This is a matter of public record; not something I made up. The Bush administration did not tolerate dissent, and crowds were hand-picked and only "friendly audiences" were allowed.

Relative to health care, the writer states that comparing our health care system to that of other countries is "like comparing our form of government to others and our Constitution to other countries' controlling documents." Once again, simply not true.

Advertisement

There are very specific criteria that these rankings are based on, and they utilized the same metrics in the U.S., France, Japan or any other country. He also claims that health care would be "administered by a proven group of incompetents." I suppose he means Medicare, where administrative expenses average less than 3 percent versus 16 percent for the private health insurance companies. Ask any senior citizen, of which I am one, whether he or she wants to give up their Medicare coverage. I think the answer in 99.9 percent of cases will be a resounding "No."

Yes, we do have a "working (health care) system." It works very well for the insurance and pharmaceutical companies who make outlandish profits. But for many average Americans — especially those without health insurance — often not so well. At least the writer was honest enough to admit that he wants President Obama to fail. That is his bottom line.

Jim Porter

Danville

Central Kentucky News Articles
|
|
|