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Supporting universal health care; voting for the only option available; fighting a digital currency

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Who could oppose universal health care?

Stopping at the “Mothers of Gynecology” monument in Montgomery, AL, on a civil-rights tour of the South last week, I learned about slave women in the 1840s who were subjected, without anesthesia, pain relief or their consent, to experimentation by the so-called “father of gynecology,” J. Marion Sims.

The statues that comprise the monument incorporate painful symbolism. One woman’s womb has been removed; it sits nearby, full of sharp objects like cut glass, needles and medical instruments. Medical scissors are attached to another woman and still another wears a tiara created out of a speculum — a device Sims invented for vaginal exams that often, before its refinement, caused excruciating fistulas. The names of the women, all Black, are welded to the statues.

Dr. Sims could never get away with his form of cruelty today. But aren’t we, the citizens of Colorado and of the United States, perpetuating our own form of medical cruelty by denying access to needed care by discriminating against those without money, insurance or both?

Reverend/Senator Raphael Warnock, whom we heard at the First Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, told the story of a public health nurse who had spent her career providing health care to those who needed it but, when she developed incapacitating headaches, couldn’t afford to go to a doctor. He asked, “What kind of God would permit that”?

I ask, “What kind of society would deny its citizens access to medical care?” I also ask who, besides insurance companies and wealthy healthcare providers, could oppose universal health care? 

No less than the rights to assembly, free speech and voting, every citizen should have the right to be taken care of medically when necessary. Having that right should begin in Colorado, and I ask everyone who reads this letter to contact your state representative to urge her/him to support HB24-1075. Talk, please, with neighbors, friends and relatives about this important legislation and encourage them to do the same.

Barbara J. Kelly, Broomfield


Voting for the only option available

Trump is not winning. He is weak. He lost in 2018, 2020, 2022 and will lose in 2024.

He is an autocrat who has alienated most independent voters and women. His policies are extreme and cruel. His cognitive faculties have declined rapidly.

Under Biden, we have the best economy in the world. Jobs are abundant. We are once again a world power and respected. The stock market is skyrocketing and making investors lots of money.

There is no Republican Party anymore. No agenda. Just a cult. A bipartisan border deal was on the table and blocked by Trump.

I am not a Democrat but want to maintain democracy and decency. I am voting for the only option available. So should you.

Marc Tanenbaum, Longmont


Digital currency could result in centralization of power

On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14067, which fast-tracks the design and deployment of a United States Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC. The centralized digital currency is currently being developed and tested. The Federal Reserve has completed three successful pilot programs.

If a Central Bank Digital Currency is adopted in the U.S., all of our purchases and other expenses could have to be paid for through a single digital system. Large credit card companies are working with the government as future participants in the single digital currency system.

The Central Bank Digital Currency could result in centralization of power, financial surveillance, potential for censorship, potential limitations on how we spend our money based on our actions and the end of cash. The end game would be control over our lives through control over our financial transactions. Freedom of speech, movement, the press, religion and other freedoms could be severely curtailed.

Financial transaction freedom has enormous implications for our lives.

What can we do to push back? First, we can learn more. Second, we can organize people and lobby our state legislators to guarantee our ability to use multiple options, including cash, to pay for goods and services.

Carolyn Bninski, Boulder

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