Good day, sir. I wanted to follow up on an accusation you made regarding people like myself and many other Americans several years ago and see if you would be man enough to offer an apology. During the Obama Care legislation debate in 2009, you accused myself and millions of other Americans of being racists, similar to the violent and bigoted racists who opposed civil rights back in the 1960s:
"I want you to know and your viewing audience to know that the group that were in Washington fighting against the health care bill and fighting against the President, looked just like and shouted just like those groups that attacked the civil rights movement in the South."
(http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rep-charles-rangel-likens-conservative-foes-health-care-reform-racist-foes-civil-rights-article-1.168098)
To be honest with you, I took those comments as a severe personal insult. First of all, you do not know me or any of the other Americans who had legitimate concerns over the contents and potential effects of Obama Care. We were simply voicing our opinions, as is our right to disagree with our government and the politicians that operate it. I have that right even if it ticks you off and sends you off on a rant that belittles the true heroes of the 1960s who fought real racism.
I have never considered myself a racist but I do consider myself a concerned American who considered all aspects of Obama Care and found it to be a horrible piece of legislation. I concluded that it would not curtail sky high health care costs, it would not make America healthy, it would not address the root causes of our problems in this area, and it would stifle the economy. Based on the comments of your peers:
http://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2012/03/dopes-democrats-offering-preposterous.html),
who may have not even have read the legislation they voted on, it appears I and many other did more to understand this legislation than those in Congress and in the White House. And for caring enough to gain that understanding, you associated us with racists.
1) But let’s fast forward from your comments in 2009 to present day. A few months ago, seventeen Democratic Senators who had voted to pass Obama Care petitioned the Obama administration to cut back on its taxing of medical device manufacturers:
http://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-devastation-that-is-obama-care-part.html
This tax was going to be one of the major funders of the Obama Care legislation. Does their desire to remove this funding source make them racists in your eyes since it will help undercut how this legislation is supported?
2) This past week, Senator Max Baucus of Montana had the negative following words regarding Obama Care at a Senate hearing (as reported by The Hill on April 17, 2013:
“I just see a huge train wreck coming down.”
(http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/294501-baucus-warns-of-huge-train-wreck-in-obamacare-implementation).
These comments were made at a hearing that grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Obama Care implementation. Does correctly calling Obama Care a “train wreck,” the same conclusions that myself and many other Americans reached years ago, now make Senator Baucus a racist?
3) This past week, Regal Entertainment Group, which has over 500 movie theaters in 38 states announced that it has to cut back the hours of most of its workers to 30 or less because of Obama Care‘s definition of full time workers:
“To comply with the Affordable Care Act, Regal had to increase our health care budget to cover those newly deemed eligible based on the law’s definition of a full-time employee. To manage this budget, all other employees will be scheduled in accord with business needs and in a manner that will not negatively impact our health care budget.”
Does this action of Regal make them racists because the impositions and conditions required by Obama Care is crushing their ability to operate a successful business?
Since Applebee’s, Olive Garden, and thousands of other restaurants have had to cut hours of employees as a result of Obama Care or go out of business, does that make them racists?
Since Palm Beach State College, Kean University, and many other colleges and universities have done the same thing, does that make them racists?
Since many American medical device manufacturers have had to cut hours and cut job positions as a result of Obama Care, does that also make them racists?
4) In a March 26, 2013 Wall Street Journal article, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that health insurance premiums for many Americans are likely to go up substantially as a result of Obama Care during comments she made in Philadelphia. That same article reported on a new report from the Society of Actuaries, a nonpartisan professional association, a report that has warned and predicted that the cost of medical claims in the new individual-insurance market could rise by an average of 32% per person over the first few years the law is in place.
So does these conclusions make the Secretary and the Society racists for daring to point out what we were saying years ago, the inability of Obama Care to address the root causes of our escalating health care costs will result in Americans paying more for health care insurance?
5) Several years ago, when Obama Care was being hyped, unions were very big supporters of the legislation. However, on April 17, 2013, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers International President Kinsey M. Robinson issued the following statement calling for a repeal or complete reform of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA):
“Our Union and its members have supported President Obama and his Administration for both of his terms in office.
But regrettably, our concerns over certain provisions in the ACA have not been addressed, or in some instances, totally ignored. In the rush to achieve its passage, many of the Act’s provisions were not fully conceived, resulting in unintended consequences that are inconsistent with the promise that those who were satisfied with their employer sponsored coverage could keep it.
But provisions jeopardize our multi-employer health plans, have the potential to cause a loss of work for our members, create an unfair bidding advantage for those contractors who do not provide health coverage to their workers, and in the worst case, may cause our members and their families to lose the benefits they currently enjoy as participants in multi-employer health plans…
Does this change of view, based on the realization by the union that this is not a good piece of legislation, a conclusion us so-called "racists" reached years ago, make this union and their members racists?
6) Senator Jay Rockefeller, one of the architects of the Obama Care, made the follwing statements on the legislation earlier this week:
- “[Obama Care] is probably the most complex piece of legislation ever passed by the United States Congress.”
- “[Obama Care] is just beyond comprehension.”
- “[Obama Care] so complicated and if it isn’t done right the first time, it will just simply get worse.”
No one should be called a racist for simply having a different opinion of a politician. It is demeaning to Americans, it is demeaning to the profession of politics, and most importantly, it is demeaning and insulting the people in the 1960s who fought actual racism and hatred. I look forward to your apology. Thank you.
Bruno Korschek
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