Attched is a copy of a letter I sent to Senator Hatfield. Now is
the time for us to flood our legislators with mail. Our local
Paarkinson's Chapter is recommending that you not only write your
legislators but that you wrirte all your friends and relatives
throughout the country and ask them to write; and ask them to ask
their friends. Sort of a Parkinson's Chain letter.
The Honorable Senator Mark Hatfield,
I wish I were a more eloquent word smith so that I may better describe the
range of emotions elicited by
the Morris K. Udall ParkinsonAEs Research, Education, and Assistance Act you
are reintroducing this week.
First there is the joy of hope - hope(conviction) that this legislation will
be the added impedance that results
in the swift discovery of a cure for this disease which I and millions of
others suffer from. Frustration and
despair at the pace of this legislative process and the specter that this
legislation may become sidetracked
by other priorities or agendas. For us that have ParkinsonAEs Disease the
clock is ticking.
I hope that you might be successful in elevating this legislation above the day
to day politics and pass this
legislation swiftly as is deserving of such a noble cause. The fact that our
doctors and scientists feel a cure
is near should only add to the urgency. How cruel it is to know a cure is
close at hand but may not be
achieved for want of relatively modest funding while every night multi-million
dollar boondoggles are discussed
on the evening news. Where is our sense of priorities ?
While hoping that Morris K. Udall ParkinsonAEs Research, Education, and
Assistance Act might indeed be swept
into law my more pragmatic side puts forth more reasoned justification. What
successful business would not
invest $200 million per year for the short term to eliminate $6 billion per
year in society costs? I do not believe
the American people in their mandate for change want slash and burn budget
cutting. The vast majority of
Americans would be pleased if our government were described as cost effect
rather than some of the descriptors
currently applied. This legislation is cost effective!
Thank you for your leadership in this noble cause.
Sincerely,
James Thomas Cordy
