Headaches product of Obamacare

Dear President Obama: I fear that when the Republicans rout your party this November, I won't be able to see much of you playing golf, so allow me to thank you now for everything you've done for me, before the darkness descends on Capitol Hill.

Next year, the Bush tax cuts will expire. I will wind up paying $1,200 more in federal income tax for 2011. Thank you for reminding me of the reason I work so much overtime at the office. It is to support Washington, D.C., and its extended family, the United Nations not, as some think, so that I can make a better life for my own family.

Kindly relay my gratitude to your friends, Barney and Chris, for helping to lower my home's value by nearly a third. Because I can't sell my house, I've learned to live with single-minded purpose and limited mobility that is, like a zombie in Illinois, the wonderful blue state which spawned you.

I see you're OK with eliminating the tuition credit. What incredible timing. My second child entered college this year, and now I'll have two college bills to pay. Well, really three, if we include you.

And did you know the “marriage penalty” is returning? Yes. I like this tax penalty because it reminds me of the magnitude of the sacrifice I must make just by being married to my spouse. You're better than Dr. Phil.

Also, the “medicine cabinet” tax is set to kick in next year. That means over-the-counter drugs will no longer qualify as Flexible Spending Account expenses. I sure wish I were able to apply my Tylenol purchases toward my FSA contribution. I'm going to need lots of Tylenol, dealing with the headaches Obamacare is sure to give me.

Alexander Lee

Carol Stream