Posted by
Educated Redneck on Friday, September 25, 2009 4:46:34 PM
I realize as I get older there are so many old saying that have true meaning. This becomes increasingly clear as you watch the health care debate. The officials say over and over, this problem has been around for 40 years and now it has to be fixed in months. I have to ask this question, if it has been around for 40 years, why does it have to be fixed right now? Why are we in such a rush. Why did the Democrats vote against a proposal that would have allowed the CBO to analyze the costs and post it online for 3 days so we can do what Washington will not do and READ THE BILL. Obama made this promise in his campaign.What are they afraid of? Could it be we will see what a mess it is and make phone calls against the bill? Just remember this, you have to walk before you can run.
What do I mean by this? Simple, if this problem has been around so long, why run to a solution? The reason they are facing so much opposition from the right is we understand they are putting forth a huge government program. So, why not take time on the solution? The one bill they are trying to pass is over 1000 pages long. John Conyers, Democrat, made fun of constituents that said read the bill. He said how can you read a bill over 1000 pages long and it would take two lawyers to understand. By the way Conyers is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Correct me if I am wrong, isn't that the people that control lawyers and the law? If you head this committee you need to be able to understand legal writings, at least that is what I think. So if the bills are so big, why not break it up in stages?
First of all everyone in Washington is talking about all the waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid. They say there may be as much as $500 billion in waste. That brings me to a couple of questions. First, you are saying the program that the government runs has $500 billion in fraud and waste. And, now with stellar management like this you wonder why we question your ability to run anything, especially health care. Second, you know there is all this waste. So, why not fix it? You do not need a bill to do this as you already run the show. No debate, no evil republicans and tea baggers, you can do this with no resistance from a single person. It would also give a real starting point on health care.
Next, Obama will not attack lawyers and frivolous law suits. Could that be because he himself is a lawyer? I remember an old saying about a fox watching the hen house. All of America is for tort reform. You would face no resistance from mainstream America. People would actually support you, even the tea bagging racists.
Then you could pass a small bill to allow evil Insurance companies to compete nationwide. This would introduce competition and lower costs. Isn't that what we are trying to do anyway? Again, all of America would support this and you would be moving health care reform forward. Isn' that the point of this whole exercise?
I think something just became very obvious. This is not about health care reform. It is about the government gaining control of a 6th of the nations economy. It is about making government bigger and bigger. It is about something that is completely different than the American way. Always remember, a government big enough to give you everything is also big enough to take away everything. Sleep on sheeple.