Posted by
Steve on Thursday, December 24, 2009 3:15:58 PM
The Democrats passed their healthcare bill today. They did it without any help from Republicans. That way, they get the entire blame for the increased taxes and the lower benefits. I cannot think of one thing that is good about the Democrat healthcare bill. It does not do one thing that was part of the original ideas that the Democrats started out with. They wanted everyone covered by health insurance. This bill will not cover about the same amount of people that are currently not covered. They wanted the costs to be lower. The costs will be significantly higher than we currently pay with dramatic increases in cost in the future. The only thing they got was a healthcare bill.
The corruption on display for the nation to see was dramatic. There were Senators taking bribes for their states as if this was an appropriations bill. Taking a bribe to vote for an appropriations bill is bad, but it is understandable. You are representing your state or district, so getting more pork to your area is to be expected. This bill is not an appropriations bill. This bill fundamentally changes America. Since the bill will have a dramatic impact on all Americans, more is expected out of our Senators and Congressmen than working to bring home more pork to your state or district. You are expected to have the interests of all Americans on your mind, not your political supporters back home. Also, since this bill fundamentally changes America, you should make sure that the bill is constitutional. An appropriations bill is most likely constitutional because of what it is doing. This bill has a great chance of being unconstitutional. So, every Senator and Congressman should have looked at their copy of the Constitution and made sure that all provisions of the bill met Constitutional muster.
Michael Barone wrote today that one provision that undoubtedly will not pass Constitutional muster is the provision where parts of the bill cannot be repealed. One Congress cannot tell all Congresses in the future that what they did was perfect. The purpose of the Congress is to make corrections to things as we go along. This bill prevents future Congresses from correcting mistakes that are undoubtedly in this bill. That has to be unconstitutional. I don’t think that this part being unconstitutional will make the entire bill unconstitutional. It will take some of the important provisions, like taking away our freedom to achieve this goal to make the entire bill unconstitutional.
A lot of fighting went on up to this point. The Democrats ignored the will of the people and passed the bill. The last time the Democrats pulled off something like this was the Missouri Compromise of 1852. After that Missouri Compromise, the Democrat majority went from 131-48 to a minority of 108-71 to the newly formed Republican Party. The Democrats have the potential to do just that in 2010.
The rallying cry for all candidates running against Democrats should be to repeal the Obamacare bill. We do not need the bill. There were better ways of solving the problem, without destroying the best healthcare system in the world. So, any Republican or other party that runs against a Democrat needs to remind the public that the Democrats do not care about your health, they want control. So, the Democrats voted in this sham of a healthcare bill to gain control over the public. When they get control over the public, then they will start rewarding their friends and punishing their enemies. The Democrats expect this bill to insure that Democrats control Washington forever. We have a very small, shrinking, window of opportunity to rid ourselves of this albatross. Let us hope that it can be accomplished before too much damage is done to our economy and our healthcare system. The sooner the correction comes, the less damage that will occur.
Now is the time for all Americans to stand up and be counted. The European Socialist Democrat party has shown itself for what it truly is. Now it is the time for true Americans to show these socialists what Americans to do socialists. Vote them out of office and never vote for another socialist again. That should solve the problem of the European Socialist Democrats. There will always be a few to show us what kooks are like. Eliminating all of them would allow them to fool future generations. Keeping a few around to show them for the fools they are will keep the future generations informed about socialists.