June 27, 2011 07:45 pm
Sources for my health care claims
To the editor:
In a recent letter, Iva Mace wonders what my sources are, then admits that she gets her information from a couple of advocacy groups. These groups generally come down strongly on one side of an issue, and don’t usually include the unpleasant side effects of their pet programs.
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June 24, 2011 05:41 pm
Artist’s offer receives responses
To the editor:
It’s all too easy for us, me included, to see what is wrong or missing or less than noble in another. We rarely have trouble pointing out what the other should do to correct these shortcomings. And in that vein it’s often difficult for us to see the good in people, to see beyond all those blaring shortcomings, as if we didn’t share the exact same “flaws."
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June 22, 2011 07:44 pm
Rally a showcase for Baker City
To the editor:
We at the Baker City Café just wanted to say thank you to all the Hells Canyon Rally riders who stopped by the café earlier this month. Despite the rain, it was a fun weekend getting to know a lot of new people. We are huge supporters of the rally as it is a great showcase for Downtown Main Street and the rest of Baker City and Baker County.
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June 20, 2011 05:32 pm
We deserve better health care
To the editor:
We deserve government policies that meet our real and urgent needs for good-paying jobs and affordable health insurance. But some current proposals are actually harmful.
In his constituent letter dated April 29, our U.S. Congressman, Greg Walden, said, “You deserve a fact-based conversation on the budget.” And he repeatedly assured us that, “I understand fairness. That is why our budget does not propose any changes to Medicare. . . for those 55 and older."
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June 15, 2011 03:25 pm
Media missing mark on Libya
To the editor:
Two wars are quite enough for most and maybe too many for others. Are we being led into a third war by some deceptive reporting?
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June 13, 2011 03:47 pm
Teacher grateful for support
To the editor:
I would like to thank everyone who supported my efforts as I worked to maintain my first grade teaching position. I presented to the school board a packet with 13 letters from colleagues, peers and parents who shared their views of why I should stay in this type of classroom.
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June 10, 2011 02:44 pm
Who else mourns the war dead?
To the editor:
Fueled by Meals on Wheels, I creep from this pretty, subsidized building and see how lucky I am to live in Baker City, a city of motherly love.
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June 08, 2011 04:27 pm
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Side effects of single payer
To the editor:
People who sing the praises of “single payer” health care programs seldom tell us of their unpleasant side effects. One is that governments running these programs use rationing of health care as an attempt to control costs.
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May 30, 2011 11:57 am
The wealthy are paying the way
To the editor:
After reading a few recent letters to the editor, and www.progressivevalues.us, a site by unknown local authors, it seems that some folks have some ill-conceived notions that wealthy Americans are the enemy and that the wealthy among us need to do more for the “poor.” I have to seriously question these thoughts.
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May 27, 2011 12:51 pm
Single-payer system is coming
To the editor:
In Pete Sundin’s recent letter to the editor, it appears he is a believer in the hodgepodge of over 1,000 private insurance corporations in control of the nation’s health care: the most ineffective and costly health care system in the developed world.
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