What a person does speaks louder that what he says.
I have been taught that since I was a child and I believe that to be true.
I watched Congressman Carney’s commercial this week in which he explains that he is working to keep good paying jobs for American workers. So let’s examine what Mr. Carney has been doing for the last year.
First, he voted for “Cap and Trade”, a bill that passed the House and waits action in the Senate. This bill limits the amount of carbon dioxide a company may emit. This is the Cap. Companies who exceed the Cap can buy credits from companies who emit less carbon dioxide than the Cap. This is called the Trade. They may also pay a fee to the Federal Government for the excess emissions. Companies who exceed the limit do things like refine petroleum, transport goods across the country, are engaged in heavy manufacturing, or generate electricity.
These companies and their suppliers like coal companies would be severely impacted by this law. This will lead to tremendous loss of good paying jobs. Pennsylvania would be particularly hard hit.
Next Mr. Carney voted for Obamacare.
This bill is designed to add 30 million uninsured people to the rolls of the insured. The goal is commendable. 10 million of those people will be added to the Medicaid Plan for low income Americans. Medicaid reimburses doctors and hospitals about 50 cents for every dollar of their costs. One half of the expected cost for Obamacare is achieved by reducing the reimbursement paid by Medicare the insurance plan for Americans over 65. Medicare currently reimburses doctors and hospitals about 75 cents for every dollar of cost. These cuts will reduce those reimbursements even further. Doctors and hospitals have historically passed those shortfalls to the other major source of health care reimbursement, employer sponsored plans. Employers are aware that there is a tremendous cost shift coming and have decided they cannot afford to add new employees until they have a better idea of their cost for doing so. As a result good paying jobs are not being created which is keeping the unemployment figure extremely high.
Lastly, Mr. Carney voted for Financial Regulation Reform. This bill places many new restrictions and regulations on banks.
Many of these regulations are meant to punish banks according to Mr. Carney. Small businesses, the engine of job creation for the last 40 years in the US depend on bank lending to maintain and grow their companies.
Banks are reluctant to lend, and small businesses are reluctant to borrow because the rules are changing and no one knows the effect the new regulations will have on the banks or their customers. This uncertainty has caused small business to decline to hire new employees unless they absolutely have to.
Mr. Carney claims to be working hard to preserve good jobs but he he has voted for legislation that is killing good paying American jobs. Mr. Carney’s actions are speaking louder than his words.
John K. Shipman,
Selinsgrove
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Pay for home care
On Dec. 15, President Barack Obama announced a proposed rule that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. This is an exciting development for home care workers across the country.
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Public investment
Public investment? Pennsylvania's funding of our local schools is a crying shame. Sure, times are tough, but the state managed to come up with $10 million for Bucknell University, a private school, to have a new bookstore in downtown Lewisburg. I'm still not sure how Bucknell wrangled that deal or why a private university is entitled to public funding.
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Ill-conceived measure
Ill-conceived plan. It is imperative that motorists drive safely and courteously when approaching bicyclists. The only problem with the new bicyclist law requiring motorists to allow four feet of distance between their cars and the bicyclists is that this will place the car in the opposing travel lane or require it to cross the yellow line in a no-passing zone.
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Heroic workers
I was astounded when I saw Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011's headline "Workers tackle robber over $603".
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Cell phone ban
Last week I was reading "Cell ban tough to enforce" in The Daily Item and it was very controversial.
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Worth $603?
The article on Dec. 20 in the edition of The Daily Item about the Dollar Tree robber caught my interest.
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Alarming ailment
In the Dec. 20, 2011 issue of The Daily Item, I read the article "Childhood disorder bolsters research."
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Public obligation
As part of her argument for home schooling, "Studying in Pajamas", Jan. 20, Joanna Wert dismisses public schools and "the majority of American workers" with a few condescending generalizations. She goes on to extol her own children's virtues and accomplishments, and then lists famous people whom she claims were home-schooled.
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