Great Ideas Mr. President!

So President Obama, in his infinite wisdom, has released his version of a healthcare bill. For all but the three blind mice, this bill looks suspiciously like the Senate bill… oh wait… it pretty much is. Except it is more costly, will increase medicare taxes and ultimately put us further into debt. Wow, I’m glad after a year this is what our savior came up with.



So what happened to bipartisanship? Isn’t this Thursday about bipartisanship and the Democrats and Republicans coming together? The Republicans have been calling for a reset on healthcare, but instead the President has just rewrote the Senate bill, with few changes, and more spending. None of the important solutions the Republicans have been vying for are included in this bill, namely limiting ridiculous healthcare lawsuits and opening up healthcare to be sold across state lines (which would create more competition, and as an effect of that lower costs).

The Democrats insist they are trying to make sure that health care costs cannot drastically increase, by regulating and trying to control the health insurance companies. This is an absurd idea. The government cannot keep Social Security, Medicare or the Transit Authority in the black, but they will do a better job at healthcare? Open up cross-state healthcare and limit insane lawsuits, and we will see healthcare costs reduce naturally through competition and the free market.



As House Minority Leader John Boehner said “the president has crippled the credibility of this week's summit by proposing the same massive government takeover of health care based on a partisan bill the American people have already rejected." It will be very hard for the Republicans to go into this Thursday summit with open minds, because they know that already the administration has written off their ideas, and this entire summit is a publicity and media stunt.

It is likely that Liberals will try to pass this abomination of a healthcare bill through reconciliation (which is a simple majority in the Senate, 51, as opposed to the 60 that it would normally take). Something as monumental as this healthcare bill should really be an amendment to the Constitution (requiring three quarters approval in the House and Senate, and it must be ratified by every state). If however the Liberal Democrats decide to push this through with reconciliation, they will surely be punished at the polls in November. Cue my slogan, “I can’t wait for November.”

Anyone and everyone opposed to this bill should make an effort to contact their Congressman and Senator and let them know their position on this. Let them know that voting for this vastly unpopular abomination will be a huge mistake, mainly for the American people, but also for their political careers.

Here are some helpful links to get in contact with your Congressman and Senator:

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/How_to_contact_senators.htm

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Let’s all do our part to make sure that what we, the people want is what is being done. We the people know what problems our nation faces, and we the people know what must be done to solve these problems. And so I will end with a favorite quote of mine:

"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem."
-President Ronald Reagan


God Bless
-Nick