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03-27-2010, 06:30 PM #28
Once again, without getting into a for/against health care...liberal/conservative argument which, is pointless to any of the actual issues discussed, one of my thoughts when I started this thread was if it had occurred to anyone a possibility that these issues, (Health Care...Cap & Trade/environment...etc.), were specifically chosen because at face value...they address issues that most would agree with in their broad and general concept, and therefore the perfect vehicle for tucking away sections of law that had little to do with health care, (in this example), but were more of a social restructing? Hmmm
Now that it is passed, we are starting to hear a few things from it's advocates that we haven't heard before.
After the Senate passed a "fix-it" bill Thursday to make changes to the new health care law, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the influential Finance Committee, said the overhaul was an "income shift" to help the poor.
This could mean a lot of things, but, doesn't it sound a little like our representatives sitting on high and deciding where to cut the pie we baked. If you want to cheer for the poor as compared to the visual aid of the extremely rich, that is a little too easy, as this legislation is more directed to the average guy. Now, I'm not saying good...bad or anything else, but, does this give anyone pause as to just what might be tucked away in 2700 pages of ??? and just how this might affect you? What do you think?Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.