Friday, December 18, 2009

ENOUGH!

The political leaders(?) in the Senate and Administration have completely lost their senses. They are trying to pass a "Health Care" bill by Christmas. This does not make sense for several reasons:

1. There is only a very limited number of senior Democrats in the Senate that know what it prescribes/requires and even the citizens of the US are not allowed to know its contents. So, everyone with a right to vote for it do not know what they will be voting for (or against)!

2. The Senate members are being held "hostage" at least until Christmas Day in order to complete voting for a bill that has not been disclosed to them. It is conceivable that this Senate session could continue through the New Year or even further.

3. The few details that have leaked out to the Senators and the public seems to be quite contentious with many Democrats not happy with the product and only about 1/3 of the citizens of the US in favor of it.

The solution to this is to STOP the process, shut down the Senate until after New Years, and start over on the bill after the break. It is not important that this bill dies, it might even allow for clearer heads to join in a consensus and pass something more palatable. This approach makes sense since the resultant law regarding Health Care control will not take effect for at least 3 years (even in the present version!).

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