Who Do You Believe?

I have spent the better part of the day searching CNN, MSNBC, ABC and many others about what will go into effect immediately IF health care reforms goes into effect Sunday. It seems that there is some differences of opinion. Why should we be surprised when the 2700 page bill conceived in secret, just became public? Here is a link from MSNBC that gives you their take: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35876568/
Good luck making any sense out of it.

The only way to know what we are really voting on or backing is to give Congress and the American public time to read it and then everybody can decide. If it is such a GOOD THING, why wouldn't you want to post your pride and joy where everybody can see it, read it, and gloat over it? Assuming that it is readable for you and me and we can follow all of the sub section references and legal terms and all the other legislation that is referenced, we should be able to understand what a few people are jamming down our throats in say, a year or so.

Someone wrote me that doing something is better than doing nothing. Really. Even when you don't know what the something is? And you can't as of now. What kind of thinking is that. Do you trust the government who has screwed up almost everything it has touched and tried to run, to overhaul and devise a health care system that represents 1/6 of the American economy. Sounds like someone who wants to be taken care of rather than taking care of themselves. Maybe you, but not me!

I had another reader send me a well thought out response as to why he told his Congressman to vote no or he will not vote for him again. But his email made sense, and he was thoughtful about what he said and I RESPECT THAT! You know who I am afraid of? Those people who know they don't know what is in the bill and I believe don't care what is in the bill, because what they are really interested in is the SOCIAL PROGRESSIVE POWER agenda, and since this bill was created in a dark room by a few select people who fit their profile of PROGRESSIVE POWER in Washington, they are willing to back it no matter what it says.

What if you are one of those "do your due diligence" kind of people. I agree with that. I think that makes sense. But why then would you abandon your "pro due diligence" ways for this piece of legislation. I thought due diligence meant checking it out, doing the research and anything else you have to to know what the heck it is your talking about? How long will that take you? Why would you then abandon your principles now? I can respect those that have principles and stick with them, but you really have to wonder when they abandon them because it is not politically expedient to stay with them. They can't have it both ways.

Sunday may or may not be the "vote". Whenever it is, I hope that all principled people will stick to their guns and work for the side they really believe in. For the political hacks, wanna be's, never were's, go watch a basketball game. You have been a spectator most of your life and that suits your decades of sitting on the sidelines. If you want to get in the game, then at least know what you are talking about. If not there will be plenty of games on Sunday.