July 29, 2010 Volume 6, Number 29
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Reagan Visits
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Healthcare
Freedom
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A Little Bit of
Humor
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Michael Reagan
Visits the Capitol
Michael
Reagan came to the Capitol recently to talk with the legislators and to
share some stories about his father, President Ronald Reagan. While
he was in the Speaker's office he told us a remarkable story about a
conversation he had with Margaret Thatcher after his father's
funeral.
Here
is my recount of the conversation: Margaret Thatcher said to him,
"It's a shame your father didn't win the primary in 1976 against Gerald
Ford." Michael said, "No it's not." The world leaders were not
in place to create the dynamic that effected such a substantial change in
the world at the time. It took Ronald Reagan, but also took Pope
John Paul, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev all serving as world
leaders simultaneously. Had Ronald Reagan won the primary in 1976,
he would have been term limited out of office by 1984---way too early to
have been a change agent with the others. Isn't it great when
everything just works out perfect? I was inspired to know that we
all are called to serve when the time is right. This was my last
session in the House, but it was very important for me to arrive right
when the majority and minority switched seats.
Healthcare
Freedom
"Proposition
C" is on the August ballot. If you vote next Tuesday, you will see a
question of whether we should change the
I was
the first one to introduce this measure in the legislature. After my
proposal passed out of the House, the Senate refused to take it up.
This frustrated a lot of citizens because it became obvious that the
senators were listening more to the lobbyists than to their
constituents. Feeling the heat from the voters, the Senators threw
together a "watered-down" fragment of the original resolution and shoved
it back to the House with a "take it or leave it" attitude.
The
version the House sent to the Senate would have changed the Missouri
Constitution. The senate changed it to a referendum asking the
voters if they want to change a state statute. The Constitution is
supreme over the statutes and can only be changed by a vote of the people,
whereas the statutes are changed ever year by the
legislators.
I am
supporting this measure, primarily
because I believe in
healthcare freedom. This will be a referendum on how
Our
nation was built on the principle that people ought to be free from the
oppression of governmental intrusion into our lives. How we
administrate our own medical expense payments ought to always be a
personal choice. If our founding fathers could have seen the debates
we are having today, they would be astounded!
Every
time the legislature passes more insurance mandates, they are buying into
the philosophy of the Obamacare proponents in
Insurance
mandates are the opposite of Healthcare freedom. Here is a link to
"The Show Me Institute" article written to demonstrate the damage done in
the same session by trying to foist insurance mandates on us while at the
same time attempting to get Healthcare Freedom into our constitution:
Show-Me Institute - Negative
Consequences
"Although well-intentioned, this mandate will necessarily
raise the cost of premiums for Missourians, making it more difficult for
individuals and small businesses to keep their health insurance plans.A
mandate of any amount increases health insurance costs, and this bill's
substantial commitment would assuredly have a noticeable effect." (Caitlin
Hartsell researcher and public health graduate -
As you
can see, many legislators are philosophically conflicted. Therefore,
it was nearly impossible to be both in favor of healthcare freedom and
against it in the same session. Amazingly, most voted for
both.
Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
the federal healthcare policy. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here: Cynthia Davis
Don't
Forget to get out and vote August 3!
Local
Election links:
Link to
St. Charles County Elections Department: St. Charles County Elections
Department
To view
the
A Little
Bit of Humor
Pretending to be a busy doctor, he
picked up the phone just as the man came in. "Yes, that's right. The fee
is $200. Yes, I'll expect you ten past two. Alright. No later. I'm a very
busy man."
He hung up and turned to the man
waiting. "May I help you?"
"No," said the man, "I just came
in to install the phone."
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