Senator Klobuchar wrote about health care reform last week. As a promotion for further government control of health care she wrote: “It is time to stop handcuffing taxpayers and let the government negotiate for lower prescription drug prices under Medicare part D”. Did you ever wonder why the government is always trying to fix what it broke the last time it tried to fix something? (Job security?)

Senator Klobuchar then asked: “Why do Canadians pay $188 for a 90 day supply of Lipitor and Americans (U.S. citizens) pay $256?” In response to her question I would ask: Why don’t we stop handcuffing seniors and give them their money so they can buy from the Canadians? (Free trade ya know). For the answer to the price difference she should compare the tax on “sinful” substances (alcohol, tobacco etc.) between Canada and the U.S. (Sin tax is redistribution of wealth Canadian style). Also in Senator Klobuchar’s letter she writes: “Real health care reform means a bill that includesprotection against insurance company abuses.” My answer would be the Constitution of the United States. (That is the document created by our countries founders intended to keep government from handuffing us). But most in Washington choose to view the constitution as a “living” or “dynamic” document, like a piece of clay they can mold to fit their own agenda allowing them to gain more power and give us less freedom.

For example, a non transparent 2,000 + page “health care reform” bill would do an excellent job of handcuffing us, giving the government more control. I do think health care reform is necessary. I also think it can be achieved without Washington handcuffi ng the taxpayer in order to do so. Just a thought here: I wonder how those thirty six million seniors that Senator Klobuchar described as a “pretty powerful political force” feel about all the other political forces tugging at their ballot.

Daniel DeYounge Staples, Minn.