I am writing this letter because I feel the Democratic Party has lost its mind. One of the objectives of the health care reform is to lower costs yet the Baucus bill includes a $4 billion-a-year levy on the medical device industry in order to pay for the health care coverage for the uninsured. Are these people crazy? They want to reduce medical costs, and yet they are taxing everything from tongue blades to heart valves. Don’t they realize this will increase medical costs and insurance premiums? And if I don’t buy this health insurance, they will fine me $3,800? Excuse me, but I thought I lived in the land of the free. I joined the military during the Vietnam War to do my part. I pay more taxes than the average, but I do so without regrets because only in America could I be where I am when I came from a humble beginning. I fly an American flag at my house and office because I am proud to be an American.