Congratulations America!

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by cabinover

Eddie, what makes you think that forcing MORE payers to donate to private insurers or face fines is a great idea? Sounds like something Republicans would ask for so why on earth would they not push the idea, immediately after calling their stock broker to buy up health insurance stock.

Where would the fine money go? General fund perhaps? How convenient.

The way I see it is that everytime the government meddles in peoples lives it seems to make things worse? Want a great example? WELFARE and it's generations of families living off of it laughing at us working stiffs for paying their way.

My $.02

You've outlined the Republican plan. "We hear you America. You're health care costs are skyrocketing, your insurance is too expensive and too many of you are losing it when you lose your job or get sick. We have a plan. Our plan is to do nothing. But we'll go on and on about how smart it is for us to do nothing".

Why is it a good idea to make everyone be in the pool? You have to have everyone in the pool. That's how you make it less expensive. If you only insure sick people the costs are very high. So you build a system that covers everyone. The right way to do it is to have everyone pay taxes that cover a Universal system. The Republicans killed that before it was even brought up. So the Democrats tried to come up with something the Republicans would think was better- working within the public sector. No "government run" health insurance "getting between you and your doctor". The hell of it is the bastards didn't give a damn what was actually in the bill. They just opposed it. Not on any actual grounds of concern. Just for the politics of it.

And they won. We want to end partisan bickering? That's the bunch many of you keep electing. Takes two to tango. The Senate tried to make a bi-partisan proposal. But even the Republicans who helped frame it voted against it. You can't be unilaterally bi-partisan. As I've said, the Republicans will win simply because they don't care how many Americans die as a result of their lust for power.