Trouncing The Deceased Equine

06Oct09
"We are going to have a public option before this bill goes to the president's desk," Senator Harry Reid told constituents in a conference call last week.

Democrats are pulling out all of the stops, tightening the phalanx around the government option. The past week has seen the Obama White House running a fevered behind the scenes campaign to get divided party members behind the option, with the President personally calling to press more than a dozen lawmakers.

Reid as Senate majority leader has lead the efforts to unify the Health and Finance Committees bill into one piece of legislation. Plunging forward even as the Finance committee has yet to vote on its bill, pending congressional budget office cost estimates of the plan, and then delayed by Senator Rockefeller's maneuvering on CHIP.

President Obama has said almost ad nauseum he's only interested in providing "choice and competition". Really? There's more than 1300 companies in America currently selling health plans. Shouldn't he be in favor of allowing the consumer to buy policies across state lines? He's never been concerned with state's rights before, why would he be now?

No, his focus grouped words don't mask his true intent. As he said in a 2003 Senate campaign rally "I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan."

All other arguments aside, a government option is too damned expensive. The Obama administration has estimated that if all of their reforms were put into effect, it could cost as much as $1.5 trillion dollar over ten years. That's $5000 dollars per year for each of the quoted 30 million uninsured in America. Besides which Medicare and Medicaid have vastly exceeded the cost estimates at the time they were created.

Remember this Obama gem “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,”

Call congress, and tell them "You can't drive up our national debt, redistribute our wealth, and not listen to us at all times ...then just expect us to say 'OK'."