Dear Congressman:
The following polls clearly demonstrate that the American people do not want “health care reform”: CNN 10/15/09 - 8 of 10 Americans satisfied with quality of health care. Rasmussen 10/26/09 - 53% of Americans believe quality of care will get worse and 45% support it. Pew 10/8/09 – 47% against 34% of Americans generally oppose “health care reform”. FoxNews 10/15/09 – 54% against 35% oppose “health care reform”.
“Health care reform” under the direction of its proposed 33 new bureaucracies will fail as have all other federal government “programs” including but not limited to social security, medicare/medicaid, USPS, AMTRAK, ACORN, and the Mustang Ranch.
“Health care reform” under any of its present five configurations is un-constitutional under numerous provisions of the United States Constitution including but not limited to Article I, Section 8, not an enumerated power of congress, Amendment I freedom of choice, Amendment V deprived of property without due process, Amendment IX rights not enumerated, and Amendment X rights of the people.
You have a constitutional obligation according to your oath of office to vote “NAY” on any of the current five versions of “health care reform” or revisions thereof. You also have a responsibility to We the People and specifically to your constituents to improve the present system through such rational initiatives as tort reform, control of rampant corruption (typical of government run programs), release of insurance companies so they may compete, etc. And you have a responsibility to do this without greasing your own palms.
A “YEA” vote will assure your defeat in any future elections you may choose to attempt. The current, 40% and growing, population composed of grassroots independents will defeat you. Your 20%, and declining, liberal base cannot save you.
M. J. Blanchard
Blairsville, GA
