Remember the “War on Poverty?” It doesn’t exist anymore. Now we’ve moved on to a “War on Poor People.” That’s what the vote on fluoride is really all about.
Think what happens to a family with money. If a child gets sick, he visits the family doctor. If a child has cavities he sees the family dentist.
It’s different for a poor family. If a poor child gets sick he can get care in the hospital emergency room, but if he gets cavities he’s out of luck. There’s no emergency care for dental problems.
Durango’s fluoridated water prevents cavities in both the rich and the poor. Experts in the field of dentistry agree on that. Besides what dental experts and peer reviewed studies say about fluoride’s benefits, you can find lots of questionable information and studies on the harmful effects of fluoride on the internet. Which are you going to believe?
My mouth is full of cavities, all filled when I was a child because my parents had money. If they weren’t well off I wouldn’t have any teeth today.
Too bad there wasn’t fluoride in the water I drank; my parents would have saved a lot of money.
The bottom line is, if you want to make life even harder for poor people, then vote fluoride out. You can assuage your guilt by believing everything you read on the internet.
Steve Doob
Durango
