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Letter:Schilling paper deceives Democrat constituents
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On Oct. 26, Republican Congressman Bobby Schilling delivered thousands of newspapers to his constituents. The heading reads, "The Illinois Democrat: The Working Families Voice." This newspaper was designed specifically to deceive Democratic voters. This shameful piece of propaganda should be disconcerting to all voters in his district. Rep. Schilling says he supports a plan to, "save Medicare." That is a false statement. He supports a plan to change Medicare into a health care insurance premium cost assistance program. "Saving Medicare" would require a plan that increases revenue to maintain Medicare as a Federally guaranteed health insurance program. Such a plan is already the law, and it is called Obamacare. Rep. Schilling says he supports a plan that will, "stop the (government's) ...$700 billion raid on the Medicare trust fund." This is a false statement that is bordering on the edge of offensive. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka, Obamacare, instituted a number of changes to bring down future health care costs in the program, not benefit payments. Under the new law, the overall Medicare budget is projected to go up for the foreseeable future. The idea here is simple: reduce fraud and waste in medical billings and services to protect the benefits of the beneficiary. Obama's plan extends the life of the program's trust fund until 2024. Repealing it would not only lower that date to 2016, but also increase the federal budget deficit by $109 billion over the 2013-2022 period, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Joshua Schipp, Rock Island 
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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