As a 60 plus person, I felt compelled to write in response to your recent television advertising campaign advocating the Paul Ryan health care plan----you know, the plan that privatizes Medicare, ending the program as we know it. Insurance companies would be under no obligation to offer insurance to seniors, so many older Americans could be left with no insurance at all.
It is fortunate, indeed, to have access to the truth through non-partisan sources. Please see the following.
Somehow, this must fit in nicely with your long tern vision for the future of our aging population. To my mind, your position simply flaunts your utter disregard for the well being of our citizens who have lived and worked here the longest, and who are a great resource for cultural and social development.
I remain gravely disappointed with your policies toward our senior citizens.
I wonder if you have given any consideration to the notion that all these older folks have younger family---people who are not pleased at all that Medicare is being phased out. People who still have some power to change things.
Witness the reaction Governor Walker got from his constituents as he promulgated the notion that collective bargaining for Union members was a thing of the past. The recalls are coming, including his. The voters are speaking loudly.
Even the Tea Party folks carry signs insisting that you 'keep your hands off my Medicare.'
It might be expedient to take these words to heart.
Sure, there are plenty of individuals over 60 who are financially stable, despite the recent re-alignment and transfer of wealth in history orchestrated by the 'too big to fail' banks, the Fed, the banking regulators, and the ratings agencies. All fallen to greed, these institutions. Moody's continued to rate as AAA, many investment mortgage backed plans which hovered close to complete collapse.
My guess that every one of your 60Plus.org members also knows a hard working American family who has been a victim of these economic machinations----maybe your neighbor you have lived next to for years has been foreclosed upon---or had to declare bankruptcy. These are disparaging realities in disparaging times.
Please give this some thought: the working people of the US have experienced stagnant wage increases over the last thirty years, while the top five percent have watched their income and wealth grow enormously----several hundred percent.
This impunity must stop, with the beginning of a common sense approach to simple recognition of what constitutes a sustainable society. Otherwise, our US streets may begin to resemble cities in the Middle East---full of turmoil and determined citizens seeking justice.
Sincerely...........
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