Study what the candidates are saying

To the Editor;
After intently watching the Democratic debate on Sept. 12, I wonder if anyone is really listening to what they are proposing. Free health care for all, but where will the money come from? Do we really think that free health care is not going to come out of our paychecks? No wonder Democratic candidates want to raise the minimum wage. That allows them to put a higher tax on your money, only to bring people back to their original pay scale, with the rest of it going to the government to pay for the “free” health care. Look at many of the countries that offer free health care and you will find that people are taxed at a much higher rate than here in the United States.

Why are our Canadian friends flocking to the United States to get surgical procedures done? As good as “free” sounds, nothing is ever free. Do you really want the government in charge of your health care, when they can’t even stop things like telemarketers? Our seniors are getting calls every day saying that the IRS is going to take them to court because they owe money to the government. What about the Social Security Program? I paid into it for 55 years and now they are telling me it’s an entitlement to get my own money back, which I lent them for safekeeping for my “old age” security. How’s that money management working out? Before you go to the polls to vote, take the time to study everything that they are saying about taking care of us.

Jeffrey Weatherbee
Dover-Foxcroft