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Searching for Some Light Amid the Heat (1) |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 11:36 |
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Published: January 29, 2010
WASHINGTON — When President Obama squared off with House Republicans in a question-and-answer session on Friday, perhaps no issue was more contentious than health care. Among Mr. Obama’s boldest assertions was that Democrats had put forward a mostly centrist plan and that Republicans attacked it as “some Bolshevik plot.”
Generally speaking, the president’s assessment was accurate. The Democrats’ health care bill would preserve, and broadly expand, the existing system of private, employer-sponsored health insurance, while also offering subsidies to help moderate-income Americans buy private coverage through new government-regulated markets.
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What is the relationship between RMAC and its member organizations? |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 11:07 |
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The RMAC consists of retirees from IBM, HP/Agilent, Johns-Manville and US West/Qwest. We provide information to the membership of their retiree organizations in the form of E-mails, letters and website articles. The provided information pertains to health care and pension issues and the positions of our Congressional members on these issues. |
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Markey should join fight for reform |
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:18 |
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January 26, 2010
Republicans claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility, but they doubled the national debt in eight short years. Their fiscal policies brought the nation to the brink of another "Great Depression," which was only averted by a massive Wall Street bailout. Democrats claim to represent the middle class, but their efforts to create affordable health care have been a disaster. After a year of wrangling, they have little to show for their efforts.
Many Congressional Democrats and most Republicans are owned by the health insurance and pharmaceutical companies. Now a "far-right" leaning Supreme Court has issued a ruling that allows unrestricted campaign contributions by industry. McCain/Feingold is dead, and the insurance companies can spend whatever it takes to achieve runaway profits.
Where does Congresswoman Betsy Markey fit into this mess? She claims to be a Democrat but votes like a Republican. When she went to Washington, she conveniently forgot to take her campaign promises along. With health-care reform near death, she could cast the deciding vote to kill it, or she could help to achieve real reform. Which way will the congresswoman go?
If Markey thinks the Republicans will help re-elect her, she is crazy. If she continues down the path she is on, the Democrats will also desert her. Wake up, Ms. Markey, or you could be a one-term congresswoman. Join the fight for health-care reform and keep your campaign promises if you want to stay in Washington.
John Kotson,
Fort Collins |
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