More of us are feeling the pain of the new
government healthcare laws. My personal
medical insurance premium will increase
in January. My deductible goes from $3,000
to $5,000 and my co-pay also goes up. Beginning
in January 2015, my medical insurance will be
the worst I've had in my life. I suspect that
during this past election millions of Americans
started waking up about Obamacare. The new
Senate and House must edit the healthcare laws.
Allow the very poor of America to be on Medicaid
and those with preexisting conditions to buy
into Medicare. Allow working Americans to
buy and bargain for their own health insurance
and allow us to do it across state lines.
Thousands of illegals continue to come to
America. Many of them of them are hard-working
people. They simply want to be in America
and have a better life. I don't blame them.
However, the majority of Americans want them
to fill out their paperwork. We want these
people to be documented and follow the legal
path to living in America. Most Americans
would agree on making the path clear and
obtainable. We simply do not want to just
reward these people with citizenship
if they broke the law to get here.
Americans are tired of our jobs going overseas.
Minimum wage, even if it's $10 or $12 an hour,
is not enough. We need $20 and $25 an hour
jobs that pay benefits. We need to reward
companies for keeping jobs in America. We
don't want to reward them for moving jobs
to another country. However, companies
must also decide how they are going to handle
medical insurance. If we continue to demand
more taxes and more medical insurance burdens
from businesses they will move somewhere else.
Or, they will continue to downgrade full-time
employees to part-time employees.
Average America is not ready to eliminate
fossil fuels. We like solar, wind and natural gas.
We also know that we are loaded with coal
and oil. We need to use our fossil fuels while
developing technology that uses cleaner and
more efficient sources of energy. More
Americans would like for us to be disconnected
from Middle Eastern oil. We are tired of being
tied to Saudi Arabia or Iraq for oil. Actually
we are sick and tired of the Middle East
in general.
Maybe, I shouldn't speak for any other Americans.
However, it seems I am safe to speak for a large number.
Mitch McConnell and a host of other Republicans were
elected because that is what America could do. We could
vote and bring about change.
There is broad frustration and even anger toward
Washington and our current policies. The Republicans
need to work together and get something right for the
next few months.Some of us are doubtful about a
Democratic President and a Republican Congress
accomplishing anything.However, this is America and
we can dream.
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This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Mitch McConnell, Change and Hurting America