User profile: Richard

Well, let's see. We have adherence to the law versus Nevada's urge to have more clout. Hmmmm...I for one vote for the law. If people are not here legally, they should not be recognized. Counted, maybe, but not included in counts of legal people. Even if it means more resources from the government. To argue otherwise is to argue that the law only counts when it is not inconvient, and I don't think we want to go down that road.

Company plans and alleged income redistribution aside, Medicare Advantage is generally a huge advantage compared to regular Medicare programs for poorer seniors not qualified for Medicaid.

The reason basically is the largely unconscionable fees charged by for profit hospitals and most doctors. Medicare Advantage has arrangements with most hospitals and a reasonably large panel of doctors which result in reasonable copays for such services for the senior poor. Advantage programs overall quality of care might be somewhat less, but it is obvious that wealthier seniors tend to choose the more expensive regular options because they can.

It's a question of basic fairness to those caught in their late years who are not so poor as for Medicaid but cannot afford the better plans. Leave some form of such plans.

Strategic or not, the problem with Titus' no vote early on is that it simply helps fire the opposition to the health plan. Intent to join in supporting the plan when it comes to final vote is not useful if the plan does not come to final vote because the real nay-sayers triumph.

It would be a terrible mistake to reduce involvement of local law enforcement in helping control the tsunami of illegal immigrants into this country. The impact on unemployment, health care and schools, perhaps as well as crime, has been well documented. The Sheriff should resist all attempts by the pro-illegals lobbies to damp down enforcement of our laws.

That the Senator might survive this sleazy, smarmy mess is testimony to the hypocrisy of political leadership in this country, often of both parties. And, to the indifference of the public nowadays toward such shenanigans.

It is one thing to be forgiving of more routine human transgressions...who among us has not erred. But by not holding our leaders to a somewhat higher standard, usually because one political party or another fears they are going to get gored, results in us getting what we deserve.

In this case the Republicans, who have pontificated about this kind of lifestyle for decades are fearful. With Clinton, it was the Democrats. But at least they had not been so holier-than-thou about such messes.