Don’t blame Obama; blame Republicans
I would like to take a moment and make some positive remarks about President Obama, for once. President Obama is doing one heck of a job so far, given the state of the economy and all the resistance he had faced. Local factories have been calling back laid-off workers, and the housing market is starting to make a comeback.
What gets me though is all the folks out there who want to bash the president. They want to lay the blame on one single person for the mess we are in. I got news for you: The country was already in the mess way before Obama became president. Yes, he has had to make suggestions to raise taxes, but only in certain sectors. Let’s be real about this. It is going to take money to fix this mess. If he sat back and did nothing, then you folks would be blasting him for that.
Honestly, the only reason you people are so unhappy is because it is you, the rich, who are gonna have to pay a higher tax. As if you couldn’t afford to pay just a little more. The Republican Party has historically protected the rich man, and raised the taxes of the working man. Now it is time to take a dose of your own medicine.
Nobody is sympathizing with you either. It’s about time that the playing field was evened out a little bit. We middle-class folks pay about 20 percent on taxes. We have been for awhile. So now it is your turn. It’s only fair. Besides, you rich guys are responsible for this mess. It’s only fair you should have to pay to fix it.
Our country needs to be fixed. It’s not going to be free. So stop your belly-aching and get with the program. The money has to come from somewhere. If you want to be mad at somebody, then be mad at the Republican Party that got us into this mess. If it wouldn’t have screwed it all up to begin with, we wouldn’t be having to shell out money to fix it.
They don’t want us to remember that though. They want you to be mad at the current administration, so that you will lose sight of who really is to blame for this mess. And if you believe anything that they say, then that just makes you gullible, which is exactly how they see the American public.
Some of you would say that I have blind support for the president. I have a different word for it. It’s called loyalty. Maybe you should look it up in the dictionary some time.
Patrick May
Kokomo
Prescription help may be call away
Unemployment in Kokomo has increased sharply from 8.1 percent to 12.4 percent over the past year, and the risk of losing health insurance coverage has increased. It is a clear setback for patients in a state plagued by more than 3.6 million cases of chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer and stroke.
Failure to take medicines as prescribed because of lost coverage can lead to an urgent need for even more treatment, including debilitating and expensive surgeries and hospitalizations. Fortunately, help is available.
Uninsured and financially struggling patients can turn to the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) to identify programs that provide free or nearly free access to more than 2,500 brand-name and generic medications. Sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, including Eli Lilly, the PPA provides a single point of access to 475 assistance programs, including nearly 200 operated by the companies.
Almost 250,000 Hoosiers have been helped by the PPA and its earlier pilot effort, Rx for Indiana. The PPA alone, since April 2005, has helped nearly 6 million nationwide find programs.
Patients can call toll free, 888-477-2669, or visit www.pparx.org, to find out if they may qualify for assistance. The phone line is staffed by trained specialists and generally, the process only takes about 15 minutes.
Dr. Paul Antony
Washington, D.C.
