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Originally Posted by bjl584
I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe everytime I hear about the Health Care debate that is currently going on. This entire thing is getting way out of hand. From what I've learned about our republic and our system of government here in America, when someone has an idea, they float that idea. A bill will then be crafted based on that idea. A vote will then take place in Congress. The bill will then either be signed into law or it will be vetoed by the President. But what I see going on now doesn't seem to have anything to do with that process. The vote keeps being delayed until enough votes can be secured. There have been several buyoffs, backroom deals, and other questionable tactics to get members of Congress on board. Now there is talk of curcumventing the traditional voting process and pushing the bill through without voting on it at all. If the bill is a bad bill, and members of Congress don't want to vote yes, and the public at large is against it by about 70 to 30 percent, then why are the powers that be ignoring all of this and trying to push it through anyway? Aren't they supposed to be representing the will of the people? Has Washington completely lost touch with the rest of the country? Where will all of this end? If they are arrogant enough to push through something like Health Care whether we want it or not, then why stop there? Why not just plow every thing that is on every special interest's wish list straight through and make it a law too? I'm wondering if we are witnessing the end of our system of government and witnessing an end to the adherance to our Constitution. I realize that a lot of people need Health Care, but there needs to be a procedure that is follwed as laid out by our Constitution in order to get it to those people. You can't ignore the law just because you want something and because you think that you are doing good. Am I overreacting or am I on to something here? OK, I'm done venting. What do you all think about all of this?
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I'm having a flash back -- replace "Health Care" with "Bush Tax Cuts" -- talk about dejavu; this is a similar argument that some Democrats in Congress made when Bush used a similar political maneuver to get his tax cut passed through Congress. This was of course followed by 2 wars. Then we went from a budget surplus to a deficit.
Far as I am concerned, Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. More things change, more stay the same.
On a side note, health care reform is needed. The current healthcare plan on the table is not perfect, but I still support it.
If you are not for ANY type of healthcare reform, then you are not currently sick and believe you will never get sick.
Flame away.