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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 2012
Page
4
The Gazette argues SNAP strengthens the safety net and should be improved rather than slashed. It notes Iowa SNAP enrollment rose 60 percent to 412,889 last month due to need and program eligibility, with most beneficiaries working or having earnings and many being children or elderly.
The letter argues Mitt Romney would spend millions to replace ObamaCare with a Romney branded system, equating it to the same policy under a different name. Critics call the effort megalomania and a delusional dream of wealth and power.
Readers urge Iowa to accept expanded Medicaid with federal funding and argue for universal health care and cost controls. Letters from John Macatee Kathy Vande Zandschulp and Steve Holmes criticize Branstad GOP health policy and defend personal responsibility amid national reform debates.
Brad Fisher argues for ending employer based insurance and replacing it with high deductible plans and health savings accounts. He suggests affordable premiums, patient price shopping, and a policy to assist low income contributors, ending employer dependence but acknowledges political resistance and the view that healthcare is a right.
Columnist Kathleen Parker critiques reactions after Mitt Romney's NAACP speech noting boos during his ObamaCare repeal pledge and a standing ovation. She argues critics overinterpret motives, accuses liberal pundits of racial framing, and defends Romney's use of ObamaCare as a simple shorthand.
A Cedar Rapids panhandling ordinance prompts First Amendment concerns. Attorney David Furlow argues panhandling can be protected speech if narrowly limited to aggressive conduct, suggesting careful carve outs to avoid infringements on expressive activity. He warns broad bans risk chilling lawful requests and cites historical speech limits debates.
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