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Tue, Feb 09 2010 

Konrad Heid, guest columnist: Another run at fiscal irresponsibility

The professor was recently quoting some report that 45,000 people die every year because they don’t have health insurance. Wow, they die because they don’t have insurance? How about because they’re ill? Professor, pony up your $184,000!

Oh, and then throw in another $25,000 as that will be your additional share within the next six or seven years! Then, we’ll talk about your insistence on the need for another government program.

We’ve painted ourselves into a huge debt corner and we’re not willing to let the paint dry so we can get out.

We just keep slopping paint provided by the likes of China, Japan and other countries around the world. After all, they hold half our paint supply! Wait a minute who holds the other half of our paint? We do, right here in the United States, our financial institutions, the federal reserve and our retirees.

If we are not willing to face up to fiscal responsibility for our nation, we are on a path to bankruptcy. Too many decisions are being made on emotion and compassion; how about reality for a change?

Konrad Heid lives in Joplin.



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