The Final Blow

So, here we are the day after the House of Representatives voted for Obama-Care 219-212, after backroom deals, arm twisting and sweetheart deals all designed to ensure Obama gets his way in bringing greater harm to this great country of ours! And is this country any better for it??? The answer is a resounding "NO"!!!
What this despicable action yesterday shows is the ultimate contempt and disregard for what this country was founded on.....government by the people, for the people. Interestingly enough, Obama is quoted yesterday as saying after the vote, "We proved that this government....still works for the people." I'd like to ask which people those are Mr. President? Wait, better yet, I'll answer it for you!!
The people Obama is talking about is the vast MINORITY in this country which flies in the face of what our form of government is suppose to be all about. The majority are supposed to rule and the elected officials are sent to Washington to be the voice of their constituents. This health care bill will ensure there is coverage for approximately 32 million people or if you put it another way, 12% more than already have coverage and are satisfied with it! That's right...12%!!!! The percentage of Americans this bill will cover takes us from approximately 83% having medical coverage to 95% having coverage. So it is plain to see the American people Obama was referring to was the 12%.....which in anyone's book that has a brain is an extreme minority!
So here in the culmination of our elected officials casting a vote to raise our deficit by over 900 billion dollars (money we don't have and can't afford to spend) and forcing this bill against the voice and will of the true majority of this country's citizens, we have a true and complete disconnect. Obama, Pelosi, Reid and all 219 elected officials that voted for the bill have effectively said to the MAJORITY in this country, "Screw you! We're going to do this, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT and oh yeh, we're going to make you pay for it as well!!!! You, your kids, your grandkids and maybe even your great-grandkids!"
Want to know where the money's going to come from? All of this would be paid for in two ways: By reducing spending on Medicare by hundreds of billions, and by imposing a set of new taxes, including a 40% levy on certain high-priced insurance policies. Simply put, this means we ALL are going to pay higher taxes (oh, except those 32 million because they are usually in the poverty level and not paying much in taxes to begin with, if any at all...), and see huge cuts in Medicare for senior citizens (well, we pay too much for them anyway right? I mean, most spending on healthcare IS when you get to be a senior citizen right? So why not just cut them off and pull back on the amount of healthcare they need to enjoy their golden years?)What's not to like about this? I mean, it's not like we're taxed to death already right? And really....who cares about the Constitution, the fact that healthcare is a benefit, not a right and the fact that we will all be FORCED to buy healthcare insurance just because we live in this country? Those aren't important factors right?
Well, here is my take. They haven't heard the last of me. Come the next election, I am voting every single incumbent out! It's time for a new mind-set in our political scenery. I will urge everyone who will listen to vote AGAINST every single politician who voted for the healthcare bill with the hopes we can oust every single one of them from their cushy offices. Maybe THEN, they will start to understand what it means to "work for the people"....not just their own personal interests and the minority!