I didn't take long to find a subject to rant about today. I shouldn't say "rant" it sounds like I'm a liberal from New York. I guess I should have typed "commented on" instead. I think that sounds better. Ok, on with the commenting. I had read two different articles published by "The Hill" today and noticed a disturbing trend. The democratic talking heads believe that Obamacare will be passed in the House this week. Shortly thereafter being signed by the president and thus becoming law.
Pinhead Hall of Fame member Robert Gibbs thinks that Obamacare will be the "law of the land" by next Sunday. Axelrod is getting a nomination for the Hall of Fame by saying that he hopes the Republicans make the mid-term elections about repealing Obamacare. As he puts it this will "Make my day." Axelrod wants the Republicans to explain why we should allow things to go on as they are. He "relishes" the thought.
Ok, Davey my boy, let's take another look at the monstrosity known as "Health Care Reform." It cost $900 Billion ($900,000,000,000) for starters. My only question about the initial cost is how in the hell does it cost that much? Common sense ( I know that's in short supply in Washington) says that if insurance companies are being forced to insure everyone, then it shouldn't be costing taxpayers anything. If the bill requires everyone to buy insurance or pay a fine to the government, shouldn't revenues go up? Oh yeah, and since when has the government accurately predicted the cost of anything?
Besides we already have government run health care. It's called Medicare and Medicaid. Both appear to have been horribly mismanaged by the government for quite some time now. So why in the world would we trust the government with another entitlement program? This type of thing may work in Sweden where there are only 9 million (9,000,000) people, but here in America there are over 350 million (350,000,000) people. Do you notice the difference in the size of those numbers?
Another question I have is what happens after the first ten years? I haven't heard anyone address that issue yet. We get taxed for four years before getting any "benefit", then we get six years of "benefits." How do we pay for the next ten years? It's my guess that we can't.
So Ax, you and your buddy Gibbs welcome the mid-terms being about repealing the health care debacle. You're going to get your wish.
As well as your political heads handed to you.
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