July 30, 2009

Dear Senator Udall

Senator Udall:

First, thank you for the invitation to the "telephone town hall" on health care last night. I regret that I was unable to stay on the line but I appreciate that forum.

I contact you today because I have Multiple Sclerosis and am deeply concerned about current health care bills, both in detail and direction.

I am participating in my second clinical trial of experimental treatment and it is extremely clear that government is poorly situated, structured, and incentivized to take over the innovation and development provided by the free market.

I would like to point you toward Megan McArdle's post on the Atlantic website http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/a_long_long_post_about_my_reas.php I believe Ms. McArdle supported President Obama in the election and tends to vote Democratic. Yet she sees the opportunity to retard innovation with an augmented Federal presence.

Thank you for your time and attention,

John Kranz
Erie, CO


I sure hope he likes it better than Perry...

Health Care Posted by John Kranz at July 30, 2009 12:41 PM

I'm not sure it matters what Udall thinks of the McArdle post. According to Maxine Waters, Rahm only told the "conservative" Blue Dogs amongst the new senators that "they could vote the way they wanted to." That freedom might not extend to rabidly progressive new members such as Mark Udall.

Your effort to elicit representation is nonetheless laudable.

Posted by: johngalt at July 30, 2009 2:28 PM

I have given up on my Rep (Polis, CO-2). He has a gerrymandered district and his constituents clearly want communism, as soon as possible. I sent a modified version of this to both Senators though. If you're too far left, you'll get pressure in Colorado (Hart and Wirth did okay). I'm just reminding.

Posted by: jk at July 30, 2009 2:49 PM | What do you think? [2]