Day of Mourning

Today in some sense has been a day of Mourning for me and my family. We have written several letters over the last year to our representatives and senators in opposition to the Health Care Bill that was passed last night.

Arizona does not have the money to cover Health Care. Governor Brewer said, "The devastating impacts of the federal legislation will rob Arizonans of their rights and pocketbooks alike." She said this will bankrupt our state and that we can not afford it.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords vote yesterday was a slap in the face not only to our governor but also to the people of Arizona. She basically showed us that she cares nothing for what her constituents want. We are concerned about losing our teachers. Will this cause us to lose more? 50 kids in an elementary classroom will kill the quality of education as we know it!

We are concerned about the fragile job market and that our home is only worth 50% of what we paid for it. We are concerned about the financial situation of our great state!

Health Care needed reformed. By opening up the competition between insurance companies so state lines wouldn't dictate who you could choose, the price of insurance would have been forced down by the free market. Why did she not press for this? Health Care did not need reformed in the manner of this 2309 page bill that passed.

Personally I liked her. I met her in person on a couple occasions. I liked how she fought for the town of Marana when it was fighting the flood plain issue. To me, her vote yesterday was a deal breaker. She promised to represent us at the highest levels of government and to uphold the constitution of the United States of America. Yet she voted for something that would put our state in financial bondage and would insure our dependence on the federal government.

She is up for re-election. I will definitely be voting against her come November!