reply to post by Benevolent Heretic
There are a lot of important questions about this health care reform bill that do require a lot of thought and discussion. There are a lot of problems
with how to manage it, how to fund it and what it will mean to everyone.
Our duty as conscientious Americans is to read, understand, discuss, and come up with something that is equitable and does help everyone without
costing everyone in the end.
It's time that the average American stop taking the talking points from the MSM and read the bill themselves, question it, dissect it and understand
it. Then formulate an opinion on the real issues that come from the real bill and not the fear mongering from the Right and the bull dunk promises
from the left.
There must be a way to be conservative and yet have what is essentially the right to life that is afforded us in the constitution. The right to life
is essence also means the right to a healthy life. That's what this bill should be about. But we shouldn't break the bank in doing so.
The partisan politics as it is going on now is going to eventually end, whether it ends peacefully or if it ends in a political bloodbath is for us to
decide. We are on the cusp of something that is going to change and define this country for what it will mean to be American in the 21st century. That
is hinging on this bill. Will we embrace the past being afraid of the future or will we learn from the past and forge a better future for us all?
This last election brought with it a great awakening in the constituency. That can only be good for democracy. People are talking politics much more
than they ever used to. People are aware, people are asking questions about their government. This is also a good thing.
Now more than ever we in this country need our citizens to ask these questions and demand answers from the elected officials. Yes Congressman yelled
"you lie" but it is his right and there are people behind him. Even though the Congressman was misinformed about that statement it was his right to
say it.
We as Americans are tired of lip service, we are tired of speeches that go no where. We want the truth, we want to be informed and thank god we live
in the information age so that we as the public can get to that truth, we can get to that knowledge and come up with the information ourselves.
www.opencongress.org...
That link above is the current one going through congress right now. It is important for each of us to be familiar with it. Read it and try and
understand it so that we can all come up with our own opinions on what works and what doesn't.
I don't believe that this is in it's current form economically feasible. But we should have a say and demand from our lawmakers that they make it
economically feasible.
