Comments for Dean's Letter To The President at http://deanheller.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://deanheller.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:12:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://deanheller.com/blog/deans-letter-to-the-president#comment-41 My suggestion is: give each small business owner (less than 5 employees)$50, 000 to hire two new employees or re-hire 2 employees they have laid off. The money will trickle down into restaurants, retai stores, et al. Unemployent compensation will decrease, hundreds of milions of dollars will go back to Uncle Sam in taxes. People will be able to keep their homes (property taxes...etc...) and afford their own health insurance. Education will not have to be slashed and arts programming will continue. Phone, TV, Gas, Electric, Insurance (Home/Auto) and even waste management will benefit as well. People will be able to keep their pets and afford to feed their animals and themselves. Maybe it would be too little/too late, but sometimes better late than never. We know and trust you to do the right thing! Lev and Sue. - Lev Tagayev Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03:58 +0100 http://deanheller.com/blog/deans-letter-to-the-president#comment-40 I just took a brief look at the budget from the office of the president. Prior to that,I briefly looked at a OMB pie chart on discrenary and non-descrecenary spending.What this shows is that if you don't count military, social security,and medicare..it leaves a 18-20 percent that is left to cut(correct me if this inaccurate).After looking at the President's budget request,I would like to hear from you what specific programs would be targeted by you to reduce the budget.I've asked some of my local leaders and can't get a straight answer. A radio pundit stated that to serious attack the deficits cuts would have to be made to entitlement programs, That to me is a "code" word for cuts to social security/ medicare. If this is something that you are in favor of...I'd like to know.. I see no other cuts to make without doing so and that would have a substantial impact on the soon to be retired. I feel this is a National Security issue, security for the people of this country.This sounds like the privatization of SS/Medicare again. If this is the Republican Plan, then you might want to look at cutting military spending also to spread the pain.. I know thats taboo in some circles ,but what good is a national defense if one can't sustain life in their nation. I would like to know the specifics of the national republican plan on deficit reduction.On tax cuts, they sound nice but they have to be paid for also.How would they be paid for???? Thank you JReagor - Jeff Reagor Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:23:37 +0100 http://deanheller.com/blog/deans-letter-to-the-president#comment-35 I'm 55 yrs old, worked construction for 30 yrs with no health insurance. I paid for all of the Dr. and hospital bills out of my own pocket as they came, while raising two children. When I turned 50 I went to work for a mine that had ins. That is when I discovered how the system works. Half of the people in the Dr. office didn't need to really be there, they were there for minor cuts or abrasions, cold or flu symtoms. All these things can be treated at home by an educated common sense person. These people run up insurance premiums for everybody. Insurance is nice if you can afford it, but not all people can. I believe that catastophic insurance is necessary for everyone. No one wants to lose everything they own or be in debt for the rest of their life. On the other hand I don't want to pay for ignorant peoples Dr. visits. The solution -- make a national nurse hot line 24/7, for people to call when they get hurt or sick. This was available with my ins.--- make catastrophic ins. mandatory to protect everyone from major medical bills, and let people pay as they go for regular visits. This is more affordable for everyone, and addresses the concerns we hear about in the health ins. debates. Having a public option for this type of ins. is fine. It would be smaller and cost much less. Please let me know what you think. Thank you, Tom Triplett - Tom Triplett Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:04:44 +0100 http://deanheller.com/blog/deans-letter-to-the-president#comment-34 health care now,single payer or public option - BILL PEARCE Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:17:34 +0100 http://deanheller.com/blog/deans-letter-to-the-president#comment-32 Thank you Dean Heller for stickening to your conservative roots. Please don't for the health care plan with public option. If we cannot have republican that stay with conservative and Ronald Reagan policy. Low taxes and more emphasis on capitalism. Thank you, Keep up the fight Very disappointing that it took alot of preasure for Sen John Ensign to finally speak up. I think today is the first time I heard Ensign say anything. I am not impressed he is smarter then that. - christine gilbert Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:14:45 +0100 http://deanheller.com/blog/deans-letter-to-the-president#comment-31 Time to allow all insurance companies nation wide (1400+) compete in every state to add competition and help lower costs of medical insurance. Tort reform to reign in the ambulance chasers. Only public option is the identical plan that Obama chooses from. - Ed Ferguson Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:04:02 +0100