The battle here in Dubois County and in Washington DC over Obamacare is the battle for the future of the economy and personal freedom.

That is a bold statement, and I don’t use it lightly.

If the conservatives in DC do not prevail, health insurance chaos will begin for each and every one of us. You think healthcare is expensive or difficult today? You haven’t seen anything yet.

If Obamacare becomes the law of the land, costs will skyrocket immediately, wait lines for care will grow exponentially, doctors will quit their practices, your taxes will fund abortions, and eventually every business with more than 50 full time employees will drop their health insurance by 2016. The outcome of this is you are forced by Obamacare to buy your own insurance or by a penalty.

In Dubois County, businesses have developed plans to drop health insurance coverage because of Obamacare. If you haven’t started making plans on what you will do if you lose insurance in 2014-2016, you are in deep trouble.

How many people stuck working part time jobs can you think of right now? Based on news coming from businesses this trend will continue to grow. Do you want to work 2 or 3 part time jobs just to have ends meet because of Obamacare?

The worst part about the financial side is that you will end up paying more just to receive Obamacare’s entry level sub-par 60/40 coverage. Of course we could ask to have our part of the $39 million Dubois County has stored in their reserves to help pay the bills.

Christians and people of faith will see their government directly use our hard earned revenue and see babies murdered with it via abortions. In the Bible, history shows Pilate washed his hands of the death of Christ, but we all know he knew exactly what was to happen. Christians and those of faith today have a choice, do I make a phone call, write a letter to the editor, etc. and let my voice be heard or be just like Pilate and stay silent?

It isn’t easy being active in politics but what is the point of believing in something if you won’t act on that faith?

I write this as a warning to each one of you who care about your wallet and life to hopefully wake you up.

If you oppose Obamacare, you need to call both Senator Coats’ and Senator Donnelly’s offices today and then call Rep. Bucshon’s office too. Tell them that any vote that ends up allowing Obamacare to be funded by October 1, 2013 will be seen as that elected representative being in favor of Obamacare and they will be held accountable for that vote.

So much hinges on the next few days, what will you do?

Adrian Engelberth

Jasper, IN