By Thomas Sowell,National Review
Obama wants to pass a healthcare bill just to show he can…
The only thing healthy about Congress’s health-insurance legislation is the healthy skepticism about it shown by most of the public,as revealed by polls. What is most unhealthy about this legislation is the raw arrogance in the way it was conceived and passed.
Supporters of government health insurance call its passage “historic.” Past attempts to pass such legislation — going back for decades — failed repeatedly. But now both houses of Congress have passed government-health-care legislation and it is just a question of reconciling their respective bills and presenting President Obama with a political victory.
In short,this is not about improving the health of the American people. It is about passing something — anything — to keep the Obama administration from ending up with egg on its face by being unable to pass a bill,after so much hype and hoopla. Politically,looking impotent is a formula for disaster at election time. Far better to pass even bad legislation that will not actually go into effect until after the 2012 presidential election,so that the public will not know whether it makes medical care better or worse until it is too late for the voters to hold the administration accountable.
The utter cynicism of this has been apparent from the outset,in the rush to pass a health-care bill in a hurry,in order to meet wholly arbitrary,self-imposed deadlines. First it was supposed to be passed before the August 2009 congressional recess. Then it was supposed to be passed before Labor Day. When that didn’t happen,it was supposed to be rushed to passage before Christmas.
Obama,Polosi and Reid do not listen to the public's petitiions,phone calls faxesand the voice of the Tea Party people because they have an agenda to control our lives and push for the Third World Government.
Obama is an ass and needs to be impeached! ASAP
The Bama is an arrogant conceited ass and I hope that everyone who voted for him suffers. The handwriting was on the wall regarding the "birth certificate". Yes,where was he born and to whom? ….. two degenerates…. YES. Do I sound bitter? Yes I am and we need more bitter people to fight against the terrorist among us….. our CONGRESS!!!
How right you are ! We are under attack,from within. WAKE UP AMERICA!!
Nobody believes it can happen here,but it is underway!! I am afraid that by the time the majority realizes it,it will be too late.
The Sheephearder &his gangsters NEED TO GO!!!! NOW!
Got wool?
Or got hair?
Can anybody tell me what has happened to the Democratic Party? They have
so many corrupt people in office &Obama has piled on some more. It's like
he doesn't care what the people want.
I used to be a Democrat,but when I saw that the Democrats in office were
becoming corrupt and brazen about it as if they were entitled to steal from
us (the taxpayer),I got away from politics. Then I realized that was not the
answer.
Not only do we need to vote,but to scrutinize the canidates and tell what we
know. We really need to get involved in politics so that the corrupt among us
do not have an opportunity to take over.
Our congress is one big mess &we need to do something about it.
I agree with all of you. We do need to do something about it. I have e-mailed Obama,Reid,Nancy P. and my New York senators and they don't listen at all. I get so angry with these people. Obama wants to make this a Socialistic government so we will lose our freedoms. The American people have to do something but the tea parties didn't faze them. They just won't listen to the people. They are to obey the Constitution and Bill of Rights and all they want to do is change them. Obama should be impeached and I don't see why the Suprme Court can't do something. He is a disgrace to our country and so are all his corrupt followers. If we didn't pay our taxes we would be in jail. Why does Obama need these so called czars? They are socialists. Senator Chuck Schumer is another one. tha tshould be out of office. Senators and congress members should be in office a limited number of years instead of like now. Those who are old and ill should be made to retire. The health care bill is ridculous,no one knows exactly what it involves and the American people don't want it.
I jut can't bear to look up into those nose holes,since they are his most imposing feature. His jerky verbiage totally drowns out his message. I mute the TV and refuse to listen to him. He is a liar,a sneak,and totally incompetent. People left God and found ther new savior.. Sad.
I just hope that our great country will be able to reverse and or eliminate what this abhorant administration is doing to our country. Everyone knows we,the people,are against this and that it's only a matter of time before these idiots are run out of town. It's not going to be pretty but we have stood up to tyrants before and we will again!