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In the debate over health care reform we are losing sight of the bigger more important issue to our nation and our people. Is this a government of the people, by the people and for the people?
The Constitution clearly defines who can hold elected office and who can vote in those elections, so the issue is not whether we are a government of the people and by the people, but are we a government for the people.
The public outcry against the proposed health care reform should make it clear to the elected officials in Washington that this legislation is not for the people because it is contrary to their very vocally expressed desires. Let us first settle the issue that government is to be for the people and representative of their ideals, goals and desires. Then, we can come back to the table and take up the issues of health care and fiscal responsibility.
No person holding elected office in Washington D.C., or anywhere else, has the moral right to go against the wishes of their electorate. If they do, then we the people of these United States have the right to enforce term limits by voting them a one-way ticket home.
Thomas Day
Buford