Dear Mr. Kratovil

Dear Mr. Kratovil,

I was so disappointed when I called your DC office. I am a very busy working mother of two, who called you in route to my job today. I asked your staffer where you stood on the healthcare bill and simply to convey to you that I think the healthcare bill proposed, is horrible and does not address any issues specific to healthcare costs. I requested that you please vote against it because I feel it is too expensive to the taxpayer. It's another real tax, that in our present economy, we can't sustain. I believe it to be a job killer and in a time when we need small businesses to create jobs. This is not a time to increase personal or business taxes, which this bill surely will. I went on to explain the impact on small business and the tax implication to all workers, patients, and doctors.

Your staffer told me you were undecided on the bill. He then went on to debate me about the bill. He was a somewhat indignant and condescending as he asked me for specifics of what I disagreed with in the 1,200+ page bill. Frankly, it seemed as if he was testing me to see if I actually had solid reasons to oppose it (outside the fact that we can't afford the additional taxes) I explained that I hadn't read all 1,200+ pages of the bill, but I hope you had. I had read numerous pages of the bill and found plenty of concerns with it within the first 60 pages. Your staffer requested specifics, so I told him about my concerns regarding the unexplainable rush to get a bill passed through the house before the August break. I don't understand this crazy rush to pass it. That is not transparency. We need to know every specific to this proposal. I sited issues regarding the elimination of the private insurance sector that is apparent in this bill as well a deep concern for the social security office conducting end of life consultations for our elderly. Additionally I stated, we can not afford this. (AGAIN) I forgot to mention that the bill appears to cover non-citizens as well. I don't know about everyone, but I can not take care of the entire world, nor do I desire to.

I thought that when I called your office I would be able to voice my opinion and say yay or nah on a vote and give a brief explanation, that would be communicated to you. I had NO IDEA I was calling to provide sources for a debate to your staffer. I surely would have had the bill in front of me if I knew this was the venue. I was also shocked the staffer never even asked for my name and address for your records that I am sure you keep of your constituency. I mean, I could of been anyone. You do keep public records of our calls, right?

I AM in an independent household and I'm really very unhappy with this sort of condescension regarding my communication to your office. I mentioned to your aid, I had concern because I KNOW you had a huge amount of people call you to ask you to vote against cap and trade and you did anyway, while you took a ton of money from the league of conservation voters, who threatened you. (on public record) if you did not vote for it.

I'd appreciate a more respectful response than what I got from your office, which was again condescending, insightful, argumentative and disrespectful.