No right exists to taxpayer-paid healthcare
I noted a very telling letter from a reader, “Editorial wrongly overlooked lack of Ga. health care” (Readers Write, Dec. 9). With what appears to be a sincere rebuttal of Andre Jackson’s editorial piece about advances in health care, the writer unequivocally states, “Health care is a right, not a privilege.” Fault is also found with Deal’s refusal to expand Medicaid; the writer says the refusal was a “cruel” act. Georgia citizens who hold that free health care should be provided to everyone are victims of the liberal Democratic Party’s effective program of promoting socialism. Citizens who provide their own health care do so with a personal sense of responsibility and are not keepers for those who depend on government subsidies – subsidies provided by taxpaying Georgians. Junk food gluttony and drug use cause illnesses that already overload our welfare system, which should be reduced, not expanded.
JACK FRANKLIN, CONYERS
Kudos to Mona Charen for admitting that “Republicans who indulge the fantasy that global warming isn’t a problem are being, at best, irresponsible” (“Climate hysteria gets us nowhere,” Opinion, Dec. 9). A great next step would be to support House Republicans who recently co-introduced a bipartisan bill, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, that would drive down carbon pollution while putting money in people’s pockets. All revenue from a steadily rising fee on carbon pollution would be returned to households equally. A tariff for countries without equivalent carbon pricing nudges them to follow America’s lead. Energy innovation could be the next technology revolution that keeps the economy humming, while protecting our grandchildren from climate disasters. Charen is right that panic is unproductive, especially when there is a clear way forward. Senators Perdue and Isakson and all Georgia House members should put partisan differences aside to enact this bill.
BILL WITHERSPOON, DECATUR
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