The moral test

Pioneer Press Sat, 29 Mar 2008
Letters to the editor

The moral test
"Here we go again!"to quote former President Reagan. Gov. Tim Pawlenty does a feel-good minuscule tax cut. Then he heads for the Minnesota Care Fund, which should be used to assure affordable, accessible health care coverage for all uninsured and underinsured Minnesotans. When you are a low-income employee and have a $3,500 to $5,000 deductible, you probably put off seeking preventive care until it is an emergency. And then, it is very expensive and you are financially and physically unable to cope. Our own family had a good example of that. Sen. Hubert Humphrey said, "The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children: those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly: and those in the shadows of life: the sick, the needy and the handicapped." How would you rate our governor?

Christeen M. Stone
Maplewood

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