After a week of uncertainty, District 6 Representative Charlie Wilson announced late Friday afternoon that he will support the $940 billion Health Care bill which Congress will vote on Sunday. It is another odd decision made by a man who claims to represent the interests of Eastern Ohio residents.
“Charlie voted for something that the majority of his constituents are against,” says Jim Renner, the democrat from North Benton who faces Wilson in the May 4th primary. “Once again, he’s going to do what Charlie wants to do, not what residents of District 6 want him to do.”
Renner believes the current Health Care bill is the product of special interest groups and worries about the impact this bill will have on members of his community, who are already hard-pressed due to recent economic troubles.
“We’re all going to be paying more in taxes,” says Renner. “This is bad for everybody. And we’re not likely to see any benefit for four years.”
Renner is concerned, too, with everything we don’t yet know about this bill.
“Nobody has any idea what’s really in this bill, including Charlie,” he says. “We should have at least read it first.”
