There are enough “strikes” in the Health Care Reconciliation Bill to take the Major League, the Minor League, and all the Little Leagues through an entire season of baseball. With all the misdirection that is part and parcel of the legislative process, it’s no wonder that legislators find it so easy to deceive the American public into accepting something they shouldn’t.
Maureen was right:
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” —Maureen Dowd
Without the original bill, the reconciliation bill is absolutely incomprehensible. But, hey, I’m willing to bet that the original bill is pretty much incomprehensible, too. It’s a simple strategy, really; if no one knows what they’re voting for, they won’t know what they’re getting—until they’ve already got it.
The health care bill is just another example, in a long list of examples, of politicians adhering to the old adage, “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”
It’s too much to expect that the people who already have health care should give a rat’s ass about the people who don’t.
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You are right, my friend.
ReplyDeleteIt is too much to ask of a spoiled, catered to ex-great country.
None of these xtians care a fig for others.
But don't go questioning their religion.
Thanks for your reporting.
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Uh, actually, Suzan, I don't report so much as make a half-fast analysis of information other people have reported, then put my own spin on it. Oh well, in the end I guess it all gets sorted out.
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