Posted by
Patriot 76 on Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:06:14 AM
We are all familiar with the saying: " if it walks like a duck-talks like a duck" Well, this saying can indeed be said about the votes this past monday in the senate finance committee. Now, am I calling Olympia Snowe "a duck"?? No...I am just going to let her vote speak for itself. It does seem that the magority of what Americans feel about big government spending and taxes expressed at all of the townhall meetings has fallen on deaf ears.The issue here is not real health care reform--we all want that.The issue is big government spending and big government taxes. It makes no sense whatsoever to pass a bill ( in an economy that is already on the brink ) that will raise taxes over 300 billion. Did not the congressional budget office state that this frankenstein would cost 1.8 TRILLION dollars over the next ten years??Are any of the genuises in Washington listening??If health care reform was really the motive for many in washington WHY do they not look into the Patients Choice Act of 2009??of the sponsors of this good idea is a doctor-Tom Coburn-fancy thatThis plan puts power in the hands of the paitent--not the government. Power to the people---good idea.What was voted on this past monday will now go to the senate floor and then the magor fireworks will start. For many the answer is big government---for others like this blogger -it is in the free enterprise capitalist system that can correct itself with the right ideas. Olympia Snowe has made her choice and it speaks volumes.