It is laughable to hear people such as Gov. Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush and other rich, ruling-class, elitist politicians try and come up with plans to solve the health care crisis. These are people who never had to work for a living. Never had to get their hands dirty. Never had to worry about paying a bill. They have no idea what it is like out in the real America for people trying to make ends meet. They have always been insulated by their wealth. They shouldn't be making decisions about something as critical as health care in America.

Their plan is to mandate health care insurance. They want to make not having enough money in America a crime. If you don't buy health insurance, you get fined. If you don't buy health insurance, you can't go to college. If you don't buy health insurance, you can't apply for a job. This may make sense in their rich, soft, pampered, mommy's-boy world. But out here, it's crazy.

We don't need health care insurance. What we need is health care. In the richest, most powerful country on the planet, something as critical as health care should be a right, not a privilege.

Daniel Fjeld

Taylorsville