"Naughty or Nice?" by Ed Hall 12/23/11, Kaiser Health News
Ms. Buerkle, thousands of people who live in HR Congressional District NY 25 have nary a reason to wish you a Merry Christmas this year.
These were to be your Holiday presents to them come January 1 had Speaker Boehner not finally seen the light:
- elimination of Federal Long-term Unemployment benefits for over 13,000 long-term unemployed people in your district;
- a cut of 27% in Medicare payments to doctors who treat patients enrolled in Medicare, severely affecting their practices, staffs and patients;
- the loss of $50 on average per paycheck to employed people in your district via payroll tax increases.
Blueskygirl wonders if you have you ever lived in circumstances in which $300 a week was all that was standing between you and poverty?
No Merry Christmas to you, sad shortsighted woman.
