Letter to the editor: Berg has already done much to harm Social Security

I am wondering why Rick Berg relies so heavily on his mother in his TV advertising?

Is he having trouble finding others to carry his message? I suppose it is awful hard for a mother to say “no.”

Although she seems like a nice lady, in one TV ad she plays pretty loose with the truth. She says Berg would never do anything to harm Social Security or Medicare. The problem is he already has, several times.

Way back when Berg was in the 2005 North Dakota Legislature, he was lead sponsor of HCR 3056, which argued for privatization of the Social Security system. And, to make his privatize-Social Security stance emphatic, that same year Berg voted against an opposing resolution (HCR 3030) to preserve the original system by avoiding any privatization maneuvers.

This year, on April 15, Berg voted “yes” on the right-wing Ryan Budget Bill (HRC 34), which includes ending Medicare as we know it by replacing it with a controversial voucher system.

Those are pretty direct assaults on Social Security and Medicare, and I have not seen Berg recant them.

Henrik Voldal

Valley City, N.D.

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