I watched with disbelief the group of Republican congressman acting so joyous at the passage of their bill to destroy the Affordable Care Act and destroy a law that would provide health care to humans who have the right to be spared from suffering.
They have no right to boast that we live in the most powerful nation on earth, all the while insisting that our people cannot be rationally provided with this assurance.
We can afford to implement a program that has been accepted by every other industrialized nation in the world. What kind of leaders have we chosen to act in our best interests? We must let them know that we expect more from them if we are to give them power over our lives.
As a mother with three caring adult children, I wonder who raised progeny who have fallen so low that they bear no shame.
They certainly exhibit the instincts of the jungle! What has happened to the morality taught by generations of wise and loving thinkers?
Everything that our ignorant president is leading them to vote for is unworthy of consideration. We must challenge their disregard for our needs.
I cannot believe that Paul Ryan does not know that all his justifications for his proposals are false.
Now they pass the task of designing a much superior bill on to the Senate, who, if they fail to rise to their responsibility, should be roundly castigated if they deny us. If they use the shelter of longer terms in office before suffering rejection by us we must fight them.
The House may feel that they may be rescued from rejection in 2018 by passing on their blame but we must persist, and parenthetically, insist on inclusion of women in the Senate’s planning group.
I am sure that many readers regard me as naive and unrealistic.
Please forgive my lecturing, but I am tired and fearful. We have a grossly limited figurehead, and he is not alone. We know that if we do not watch him while he proceeds to destroy Obama’s legacy, there are other attempts afoot to destroy our vulnerable society.
Esther Confino
New Hyde Park
