Letter to Congress

Congressman Sam Johnson
1211 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congressman Johnson:

Republicans are right when they say that any health care plan which covers all Americans will be costly. It will cost a lot!

Some of those costs can be diminished by regulation of your friends in the insurance business, the drug companies, and the medical profession. Still, to give all Americans the benefits of good health care will cost billions.

That is not a reason for opposing a “public option” program.

A nation has a moral obligation to provide all its citizens with certain benefits, including protection from foreign invaders, police to enforce the laws against thieves and murderers, firemen to put out conflagrations, schools to educate all children in the principles of democracy . . . . . and a medical system to protect their health.

Republicans are the party of “No.” And you always vote as the Republican leaders tell you to do. Just as if you have no mind of your own.

You should vote for the “public option” because it is the right thing to do. Do you have the moral courage to do so? If you don’t, you are morally weak and a coward.

Yours very truly,

Ilene Durkalski