Tragedies like the murder of the 73-year-old Marysville women are all the more tragic when they are preventable. (Aug. 21 article, “23-year sentence follows a lifetime of trouble, murder of Marysville senior.”)
We were warned years ago by health-care professionals that we were asking for this kind of trouble, when health care budgets were being cut in another state budget crunch. They were very aware of the kind of trouble we were asking for from these ticking time bombs walking around in our midst.
We read or heard about these potential problems, shrugged our collective shoulders, and went about our business. Now, the state is making budget cuts again. Health care is one of the first to be cut. I am listening for the protests, but we seem to be going about our business as usual, again.
“No more taxes,” we rant; “no big government,” we cry, as we get red-faced, shake our fists, point fingers, and get all hysterical about “death panels” or indebting our kids, or big government in general. “No more taxes,” we shout, as we ask, ”where is a cop when you need one?” or “Why are the Ryan Millers of the world walking around unsupervised?”
We constantly complain about too much fat and waste in government, but we are unwilling to even make the effort to vote or know the issues or candidates when we do vote. You want better government? Then tell that person in the mirror to get involved and quit whining. We have it better than any other nation on this planet. Come to think of it, maybe that is the problem?
Don Curtis
Clinton
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