Middle class bears health care burden

All those people who believe that the Obamacare plan foisted on the American people by the con artists in Congress, otherwise known as the Democrats, will be paid for by the "rich" are in for a big surprise. The Democrats are very cunning because rather than passing the law in 2009 they wisely procrastinated until 2010 so that the problems wouldn't appear until 2011.

When your premiums, deductibles and co-pays skyrocket in January 2011 the elections will be over and the con artists will think they have pulled the wool over the eyes of the American public again. The "rich" are the 67 or more senators in Congress and more than twice that many in the House, and if you think they increased their own taxes to pay for this fiasco, you probably also believe in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

When these cost increases occur Mr. Obama and the Democrats will of course blame the "greedy health care industry," but in reality you can't put 30 million more people into a program with no increase in cost.

Of course the rich won't pay and the poor can't, so that just leaves the middle class to bear the burden as they always have.

Are the American people so gullible that they believe that this program is free, or will the Democrats finally get their retribution in November?

Bob Lowth

Arlington Heights