Do you resent the government helping poor Americans get health insurance?

I don’t believe anyone is that callous and mean. Why are Republicans so livid and so determined to repeal the Affordable Care Act?

Perhaps it is because Barack Obama has his name on it and that not one Republican voted for it.

It also may be because Obama partly funded the Affordable Care Act by slightly raising the tax rate on the rich. Raising taxes on the rich is like plunging a dagger into the heart of a Republican.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said repealing Obamacare is all about freedom. It is the same thing Ronald Reagan said in opposing the passage of Medicare.

Johnnie Najarian

River Edge, Feb. 22

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