Court decision will finish off our heritage
It now appears that, with the Affordable Health Care Act being upheld as a tax by the Supreme Court, President Barack Obama has presided over the largest tax increase in history.
If this doesn’t finish off what remains of our heritage (much less our economy), I don’t know what will.
WILLIAM C. WEST, CANTON
Basic human decency has been restored
Thank you, Chief Justice John Roberts, for putting the law before personal political views and upholding the Affordable Health Care Act.
Now, no American will have to live in fear of dying because no company will insure them. No American family will have to go bankrupt because a child gets sick. How can any American be against either of those things?
The Affordable Health Care Act is an essential part of restoring basic human decency to our nation’s health care mess.
NATALIE PAWELSKI ROGERS, ATLANTA
Decision was a step in the right direction
The Supreme Court has decided that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness includes affordable health care.
Many of us are already enjoying co-pay free mammograms, colonoscopies and other preventative services, and children cannot be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions.
There are those of us who would have preferred a public option for greater competition, or single payer (as most other advanced nations have). But this is a huge step in the right direction and one that I trust will promote good health and have a positive impact on the economy.
Those who predicted that the Supreme Court would reverse the Affordable Health Care Act failed to realize one thing: The president formerly taught constitutional law, and his “i”s were dotted and his “t”s crossed before this matter ever reached a final vote.
LISSIE STAHLMAN, ATLANTA
Luckovich cartoon is mean-spirited
Mike Luckovich has reached the point in his evolution where he (like Bill Maher) believes that being cruel and mean-spirited is humorous (Opinion, June 28).
The cartoon on the implied enhancement by Fox News of the “Fast and Furious” investigation is beyond despicable. Those protecting our borders are brethren of all our military — and their losses should never be minimized, trivialized or “made laughable.” Shame on Mike Luckovich.
BRANDT ROSS, ATLANTA
Some employers using bully pulpits unfairly
The Political Insider column on employers using their bully pulpits to extol the virtues of the T-SPLOST to their workers omitted mentioning that even though businesses would be the main beneficiaries of the program, they would pay no taxes to fund it (“T-SPLOST campaign getting a little bossy,” Metro, June 24).
In fact, the quotes from the CEO and president of United Distributors Inc. showed vividly how it might help his company, even though it wouldn’t be contributing to its cost.
Is that fair?
FERDINAND LEVY, ATLANTA
