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Letter: Which of my fellow Utahns voted to have our happiness taken away?

FILE - This Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, file photo shows the Capitol in Washington, at dawn. The House Republican tax plan would add $1.5 trillion to the federal debt at a time when the economy is doing pretty well on its own and the retirement of the Baby Boom generation is already putting a strain on Social Security and Medicare. All of which is why many analysts argue that big tax cuts aren’t needed now, even if they would help stimulate the economy, which is far from certain. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

By Janelle Heck | The Public Forum
  | Dec. 17, 2017, 4:36 p.m.

I would like to know how many Utahns voted for their representatives in the U.S. Congress for these reasons: To increase the national debt; to significantly cut business taxes; to provide greater tax relief to small business so there is no longer a tax advantage to provide employee retirement plans; to cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Obamacare; to support the moral and ethical vacuum in Congress; to ignore funding for infrastructure, health care and national parks and monuments; to rescind protections for the people in the realm of finance, transportation safety, food safety, air quality, retirement security and just our general well-being.

Who voted for our congressional representatives to take away our happiness? And, are you going to vote the same way again?

Janelle Heck, Millcreek

By Janelle Heck | The Public Forum