Letters

Rutland Herald The League of Women Voters joined 15 other organizations in support of single-payer health care at a press conference at the State House recently. The League of Women Voters does not jump on bandwagons. We study an issue and come to member consensus before reaching an advocacy position. The LWVUS used that process […]

Rutland Herald When Professor Jonathan Gruber explained why the Affordable Care Act was worded in a confusing way, right-wing hypocrites had a field day trumpeting their outrage about lack of “transparency” and quoting his comment about “call it the stupidity of the American voter” without including his next words, “or whatever.” Here are the words […]

Rutland Herald As a young Vermonter who grew up in the Green Mountain State, I have long been proud of the ways in which our state has led the way on so many issues of human rights and dignity. As the 2015 legislative session comes ever nearer, it’s critical we move forward on our path […]

Addison Independent Valerie Mullin (“Deception used for single payer,” Nov. 27) gives your readers a wedgie. Republicans usually appeal to voters’ fears and resentments to drive a wedge between them and their good judgment on issues affecting them. Ever since Ronald Reagan kicked off his first presidential campaign in the podunk town of Philadelphia, Miss. […]

Rutland Herald I find Rob Roper’s commentary on Jonathan Gruber to be nothing more than a political scapegoating process to cynically confuse Vermonters. Jonathan Gruber has certainly said some offensive and insulting things that clearly point out his cynical view of some of the processes and techniques used to draft legislation. We all dislike this, […]

Rutland Herald I find Rob Roper’s commentary on Jonathan Gruber to be nothing more than a political scapegoating process to cynically confuse Vermonters. Jonathan Gruber has certainly said some offensive and insulting things that clearly point out his cynical view of some of the processes and techniques used to draft legislation. We all dislike this, […]

Rutland Herald Before we lose all perspective on Jonathan Gruber’s “stupid” and arrogant words concerning the American public, we should consider the following. His faux pas really has nothing to do with the goals of universal health care of Act 48’s single payer. The same is true concerning the Vermont Health Connect website and its […]

Rutland Herald Last week I spent the day of the elections at Hartford High school, asking people to sign petitions in support of the Healthcare is a Human Right campaign. One of the points I pressed was no matter what happened in the voting booth, we must continue to hold our politicians accountable for the […]

Time Argus On a typical foggy September morning I was commuting to work on my bicycle and every car was shrouded in a 50-foot cocoon of visibility. It occurred to me that what I was seeing was similar to how so many of us live — day to day — in our own protective cocoons. […]

Brattleboro Reformer You’re so sharp you’ll cut yourself, the old saying goes, and a lot of people post-election think that applies to Peter Shumlin. He withheld his single-payer plan until 2015, the reasoning goes, to avoid taking a political risk, and doubting his resolve, the left stayed home, or cast a protest vote. I don’t […]