Observer Forum: Letters to the editor 11.27.15

Obamacare a failure come home to roost

It was legislation from hell that is now coming home to roost.

Push politicians, insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies aside and let people without great financial gain be appointed to come up with a plan that works for all Americans, and not just special interests.

Speaker Ryan feeds the fear mongering

House Speaker Paul Ryan demands that President Obama pause accepting Muslim Syrian refugees until Obama can certify that they are not terrorists.

While he is waiting on his demands, I suggest Mr. Ryan get with the National Rifle Association and find a way to certify that no more angry white guys will shoot up grade schools, movie theaters and churches.

There is a far greater danger of terrorist attacks from angry white guys in this country than from ISIS terrorists.

Trump shows gaping ignorance of history

Donald Trump has called for requiring Muslims in the United States to register in a national database.

This shows his gaping ignorance or complete disregard for the lessons of 20th Century history and the Constitution.

If Mr. Trump does not know or care about how Germany identified its religious minority 77 years ago, I hope that Observer readers will.

U.S. already has big refugee burden

Take President Obama’s security guards away and see if he still wants the Syrian refugees to move into the USA.

U.S. taxpayers have too big of a burden right now without taking on more refugees. Let all foreign countries police their own, like the USA does.

This will be another Vietnam – we don’t know who is good and who is bad!

Greater threat is homegrown terrorists

But don’t get too comfortable…

First, there have been twice as many terrorist attacks since 9/11 by “homegrown terrorists” than jihadists.

Second, Congress has been sitting on legislation since the Bush administration that would prevent those on the no-fly list from buying a gun.

Politicians and some in the media love to sensationalize and fear-monger, but they leave out important facts.

Keep Pfizer, others from leaving the U.S.

Pfizer is moving its headquarters to Ireland so it can pay the United States less in taxes.

Require all non-U.S. drug companies to sell their drugs for government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, government employees, the armed forces, etc. at cost-plus, just like defense contractors.

Revoke their privilege to gouge the American taxpayer. I suspect Pfizer’s reaction would be “Oops, sorry, we’ll stay and pay taxes.”

Thanks, Théoden, for the lesson learned

I want to thank Théoden Janes for his column for three reasons: the rhyming words in the paragraphs, a good laugh, and making me scurry to find my Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary to look up “tryptophan.”

Not only did I have a good laugh over the column, but I learned a new word, and to have both of those in one day is a wondrous event.

This story was originally published November 26, 2015 at 11:17 AM with the headline "Observer Forum: Letters to the editor 11.27.15."