Borsinger Family Web Log

Dear Editor,

I read the articles in The Star Ledger concerning families whose fuel subsidies have been cut or who are living on food stamps and I empathize with their plight. Many of us are going through rough times right now and I personally do not mind helping out the neediest that are not capable of helping themselves. What bothers me about the reporting is that it gives the sense that cutting Government spending is a bad thing. Every article covering the plight of the poor should be followed by an article highlighting wasteful Government spending or public employees enjoying six figure pensions at taxpayers’ expense. Our Government has a spending problem. Let’s not distort this fact.

 Sincerely,

Gregory Borsinger

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Our left leaning daily newspaper – the Newark Star Ledger -is constanly publishing negative articles regarding our Governor Christie. Below is another article that was sent to the paper but never got published:

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Dear Editor,
Your article on “How Dems may outfox Christie on millionaires’ tax” should have read “How Dems plan to drive job creators out of State in spite of Christie’s efforts”. People are learning that the rich are already paying a hefty sum to the government. The top 5% of earners pay an estimated 60% of all income tax*. The rest of us pay taxes when we buy gas, use our phone, live in a house and on and on. Our Government has a spending problem not a revenue problem. If a wealthy person did something illegal to get their monies – go ahead and nail them in your paper but you should stop demonizing wealthy people for being successful.

Sincerely,

Gregory Borsinger

*http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/who-pays-most-income-tax.htm

Out Left leaning Daily Papaer – The Newark Star Ledger is becoming more reluctant to publish my centric letters to the editor – so here is another:
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Dear Editor,

Back in the early part of this decade as I watched the likes of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) put forth legislation and pressure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to give loans to unqualified people, I wondered who would ultimately pay for their misguided social experiment that defied good financial judgment. It is now clear that the financial mess created by these politicians will ultimately be paid for by consumers who diligently pay their mortgages and did not overextend themselves. The $25 billion agreement by five big US banks on Thursday to bail out a few homeowners who overextended themselves will ultimately be paid for by those of us who use those banks. Yes it is tragic that people are losing their houses but let’s place the blame where it truly lies – with politicians who lack good financial judgment and who have constantly proven themselves irresponsible in managing the tax dollars we give them.

Sincerely,
Gregory Borsinger

It has been hard to write on this blog since the passing of my dad – but I needed to post some of the items that I have been sending to the papers – some of which they print others they don’t. Anyway here goes.

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Dear Editor,

The waste and fraud associated with past government stimulus spending is starting to surface and the Obama administration is proposing taking more taxpayer money for the government to distribute. Insanity is often described as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Has our government gone insane? We have a spending problem in Washington not a revenue problem.

Sincerely,
Gregory Borsinger

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Dear Editor,

OK so I sent a few more Letters to the Editor at the Star Ledger on the Healthcare issue and I guess I am now officially on their IGNORE list. Most of the letters they do print are pro Obama Healthcare. So in an attempt to vent my frustration on this issue I sent letters to my Congressman and Senators. Below is the letter sent on Nov. 13th 2009. Enjoy and write your elected officials!

Dear Senator,

Regarding healthcare reform/cost reduction – What is being pushed by the Democratic left is simply another tax on an already overtaxed public. If you were truly interested in reducing the cost of healthcare you would focus on reducing the costs that make up healthcare. Real cost reductions would involve things like tort reform to reduce the enormous amount of frivolous litigation and unproductive costs to avert the possibilities of litigation; enforcing immigration laws so healthcare providers do not have to pay for healthcare for persons here illegally; creating more competition between insurers by removing interstate barriers…..What I see in the bill is a reduction in payments to healthcare providers! That is like me as a businessman telling my suppliers I will only pay them a fraction of what they are asking for – a joke. Some of my doctors are already threatening to quit the profession due to the high costs, long hours and poor incomes.

What worries me the most is the Chicago style, back door politics going on in the White House that resulted in the AARP and AMA backing for this legislation? What deals were cut and what is that going to cost us the public? If citizens were truly educated about what is going on in Washington there would be more than Tea Party revolts.

I also oppose any of my tax dollars going to help fund any form of abortion.

Please consider my opinions as I believe it is the majority opinion in New Jersey.

Sincerely,

Greg Borsinger

I recently wrote a letter to Senator  Menendez of New Jersey

Here is the letter – I suspect he is friends with the American Trial Lawyers Union and as such do not expect this to fall on receptive ears – but if enough people speak up – well maby!

Taking cost out of health care and making it more affordable is needed. Getting Government more involved in the process of managing health care is not the answer. Government should look at the cost structure of healthcare and create POLICIES and LAWS that reduce health care costs.

Having been involved in health care -I can confirm that a MAJOR driver to the double digit increases in health care is the LIABILITY and LITTIGATION laws and policy structure. What is needed to drive down health care costs is TORT REFORM. Bad healthcare providers should be provided with guidelines on how to become better – or be excluded from practice – not provide a gravy train for trial lawyers. The HIDDEN COSTS of liability laws and policies that have run amuck far exceed the actual amounts paid out due to litigation. It is a MAJOR DRIVER to increases in healthcare costs – just ask anyone in the business and you find that many healthcare costs and cost increases are rooted in liability concerns and costs.

Countries outside the USA laugh at our liability laws and wonder how businesses can survive under such obstructions. I urge you to focus on the ROOT CAUSES of increases in health care costs and take actions to improve the health care PROCESS and not get Government more involved in the managing of health care.

I recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Newark Star Ledger and was dissapointed when it did not publish. Given the content of the letter – I concluded that The Star Ledger probably has lawyers reviewing the letters and for that reason – it would never make to the press. So here it is:

 

Letter to Editor Newark Star Ledger

 

It is baffling to me that with all the recent discussions about control of medical costs there has been no talk of tort reform.  The proposed Government solution of reducing payments to doctors and hospitals seems absurd given that many hospitals are at the brink of bankruptcy and many doctors want to quit the profession. The American Trial Lawyers would have us believe that awards due to medical litigation are not a significant driver to medical costs. But those in the medical field know that hidden costs associates with medical liability are driving up medical costs. These include malpractice insurance costs (By 2003, medical liability costs reached $26 billion – a 2,000 percent increase over 1975 1) as well as medical procedures and tests driven by the threat of suits and not by medical needs. And why does a doctor now have to have 3 office assistants to handle the administration for a doctor? That was not the case 30 years ago when I visited a doctor.

 

The US liability laws are a joke to those overseas. What I would like to see is a study that adds up income for all the trial lawyers in the US – and then implement a good tort reform program that would cut out say 50% of that total. I am certain this would reduce medical costs by tens of billions of dollars. What we need to do with doctors and hospitals that commit malpractice is to get rid of them – not supply a gravy train for trial lawyers. We can also use some of the savings from Trial lawyers to better educate and train medical personnel.

Oh – I just remembered that the American Trial Lawyers are one of the Democratic party’s biggest supporters and most elected officials in Washington are lawyers – I may have answered my own question as to why there is no talk of tort reform!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Gregory Borsinger