Letter to John Boehner

Hello John,

I'm flabbergasted that your party has learned little from the last election, choosing to stand on issues that the majority of voters do not support. A vast majority of taxpayers from both parties agree that we should maintain the tax cut for the middle class. These same people resoundingly agree that we should tax the rich at a higher rate.

So why all the brinksmanship? You know that you've all got the worst rating of public approval in history. Why exacerbate that by doubling-down on that which few support?

It will be the GOP who are blamed if the proverbial car goes over the cliff. You're the one playing politics with the future of the middle class.

We know that the things you claim will be affected (small businesses and jobs) are both ruses based on bad numbers, skewed to say that which they cannot. As a man with a sociology degree this is easy for me to see. Y'all ought to be ashamed of yourselves for trying to dupe the lesser minds among us with the bitter rhetoric of obfuscatory data. There is no correlation to tax cuts for the top 2% and job growth. In fact, one can see the opposite has happened during the Bush tax cut years.

We went from a surplus, and a booming economy to a near-depression, while the very rich were taking record profits in some sectors, others were sitting on massive cash reserves, there was record compensation for CEOs and other top shareholders, and came out with the largest economic disparity in our nation's recorded history.

Is that what you want? Do you serve only the 2%? Or do you serve all 100% by creating a tax climate and code which scales taxes based on income in durable, sustainable ways? The rich CAN afford to pay more and STILL make money. They can live with less. The rest of us have been forced to.

I've worked in the private tech sector, for non-profits, for city, and now for state in the public sector. No matter where I go there is one thing I know for sure. Greed must be regulated, and profit corrupts good motives.

So when you talk about Medicaid and Medicare, why don't you get honest with yourselves and us. The problem is not the cost of those programs. It's the cost that those programs have to pay to the profiteers in health care.

That's a relatively new phenomenon. I worked in the tech sector during the NASDAQ crash. We saw capitalists pull their money and bully their way into health care. Now 12 years later, a break-even proposition has become solidly entrenched near the top 30 profitability mark. That's unacceptable. Profit is what is harming patients all around this nation, and sinking local, state, and federal budgets.

Show some character and source the problem. With integrity you can return the party of my youth back to what it once was. Stand up to the tea party idiots. Give me back my GOP, or get out.

Sincerely,
Christian E. Vettrus