Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Valparaiso man poses question to Democrats for President

Isn't the question more appropriately: "what's wrong that families and churches and communities think it's the government's job?" What ever happened to a barn raising? What ever happened to a community rallying.

He goes on to suggest he had the "Cadillac" of insurance. And sadly he did indeed, at a cost that no steel consumer would beat.

`What's wrong with America? And what will you do to change it?'

After 34 years with LTV Steel, I was forced to retire because of a disability. Two years later, LTV filed bankruptcy. I lost a third of my pension, and my family lost their health care. Every day of my life, I sit at the kitchen table across from the woman who devoted 36 years of her life to my family, and I can't afford to pay for her health care. What's wrong with America and what will you do to change it?"

Skvara The most powerful moment in last night's Democratic presidential candidate debate at Soldier Field came about an hour into the proceedings when retired Porter County (Ind.) steelworker Steve Skvara (left) stood on his crutches and,his voice breaking, asked this question (watch the video clip):

His job paid for his family's three-bedroom house on a tree-lined street near Valparaiso, sent three of his four children through college and "provided a good life, everything everybody dreams about," he said.
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