Host lonnie, thanks caller a Health Savings account. Host thanks for calling in to tell us about it, lonnie. Many of our viewers, perhaps, have not participated in those teletown halls. Interesting to hear your perspective. Jo. Lewis, colorado. Good morning. Caller hello. Host go ahead, joe. I am listening. Caller yes, this goes back to a very simple thing. We cannot put parties before country. This is not about republicans or democrats. This is more about, if we take away that tax incentives for advertisement and lobbying from the pharmaceutical companies, then you bring down the cost of health care. But, the bottom line is, if you democrat, n or if youre republican or democrat representative will not attend a town hall meeting or an your questions directly, we should go back to what the constitution gives us, the right to recall these politicians. If you take away the donations politicians get, republicans or democrats, and take away the tax credit for expensing lobbyists, and all of this advertisements for drugs that have 25 minutes of side effects that should not even be in the market youre are going to bring down the cost of health care immensely. Quit being a country of republicans or democrats. We have to put america first. We have to recognize the problem is an american problem, not a republican or a democrat problem. So, the tax problem is the companys Like Pharmaceuticals make more money off the spending money and donations to political groups because that is a complete expense. They get every penny back in a tax credit. If they give a lobbyist 5 million or a politician 5 million, they get 5 million back. It costs them nothing. Us asa double dip to americans not as republicans, not as democrats. Please, people, go back and read germanyers took over how hitlers took over took overhitler germany, and how he promised the moon. Host our last color. Caller, columbia, maryland. Caller good morning, america. I talked about my longterm care, because previously it had gone up, and in the last time it doubled. I called two of my representatives from maryland, and my senator from maryland, and another representative from a different state where i used to live. Do you know what . Host what is that, alicia . Caller none of them followed up. None of them called me back. That is the way they are. Thank you, john. Host alicia, are you going to try again . Caller no, it is useless. It is a waste of my time. I just have to swallow it. Fortunately, i have good health thank me, wease Senior Citizens who have always been responsible, who have always worked very hard since that time we were children and we have done alright. We are having to pay for your health care. We like to do it for the people who are citizens of this country. Thank you very much. Host thank you for taking the time to call us. Alicia the last caller in this segment. Next, we will be joined by the david frum on his article how to build in a talk receipt, how to build an autocracy, and later, jim kessler. That is all coming up this morning on washington journal. This weekend on American History tv on cspan3, this saturday morning at 9 30 eastern, we are live for an allday symposium on civil war monuments, the history of their construction in the north and south, and how Public Perception of the confederate monuments has changed. City00 p. M. , hampton professor on how the rise of tobacco consolidated the power of wealthy virginia planters in london merchants in the 17th century. Instead of just accepting the prize this random ship captain might have to offer me, i am going to send the tobacco to england on my own account, and pay a commission to someone to market it there for me. This developing consignment trade tied larger planters in virginia and maryland to these english merchants, most of them in london. Oralday at noon on histories, we continued interviews with prominent africanamerican women. Dorothy height served as president of the National Council of negro women from 1957 to 1998 and received a congressional medal of freedom. i grew up, and even in my religious expense, working with people of different , there wasackgrounds a feeling of openness, and how much each one contributes to the other. There is no superior, inferior. And what happened to abraham. Incolns mother lincoln filedn an affidavit to have his mother tried for mental incompetence. She could be