Even if you don’t agree with the Health Care Bill that passed the House last night, you have got to be impressed that Congress actually did something. I can’t remember the last time Congress made any kind of attempt to improve the lives of anyone (and no– authorizing the war in Iraq does not count– and despite what the Supreme Court said recently, bailing out large financial institutions doesn’t count because they aren’t people).
Even though the bill doesn’t go into effect for four years, I will give them an A for effort, if nothing else. At least the Democrats came up with a plan and and actually followed through with it, instead of stalling and screaming: SOCIALISM!, while not once thinking about or attempting to come up with a plan of their own– insisting that the “Socialist” Health Care bill would rob seniors of their Medicare and Social Security (two of our country’s other “socialist” programs, that for some reason the GOP doesn’t have a problem with).
If you think that’s the end of the story, it’s not. Apparently our fair state will be joining 11 other states to sue the Federal Government, stating that requiring people to have health insurance is unconstitutional. Frankly, I hope they win….. so I can cancel my car insurance.
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