I normally don't post political conversations on the blog. Not that my political views are unknown, I think I make it pretty clear where I stand. But this ridiculousness related to health care reform in this country is driving me nuts. I am baffled by all those who oppose it - but not so much by the FACT that they are opposing it, but rather by HOW they are doing it.
Health care reform is not easy to do. If it was, another President would have taken it on earlier. We all know that it made President Clinton (not to mention Hillary Clinton) highly unpopular when they tried it. President Bush...well, he had another agenda (can you spell O.I.L and W.A.R?). Candidate Obama ran for President on the platform that he would take on these unpopular issues that no one wants to deal with because they are HARD and divisive - like health care reform, climate change, financial reform. And because they are hard to deal with and have been postponed for generations, we are now living in a country where even though we SPEND the most on health care, we have a VERY bad record of services and care; even though we are the "most powerful country in the world", the financial system is so corrupt, we might as well be living in Russia; and even though 95 percent of scientists agree that humans are impacting our world in a negative way, politicians close their eyes and are ok with not taking action because their constituents are ignorant.
As far as Republicans, well...I think they have been called the PARTY OF NO. And I have to give it to them - a TRULY brilliant PR approach to the upcoming November elections. We OPPOSED everything will be their slogan. But if people were smarter and better informed, they would know that DOING NOTHING will not change a thing. How long do they think they can last on this legacy of doing nothing?
I, for one, I am ready for this change. I don't want to be cut off by my insurance because of pre-existing conditions. I don't want to pay higher and higher premiums because the insurance company CEO wants a yacht in the Bahamas. I don't want to pay the health bill of all those who cannot get health insurance. I don't want children to not have access to doctors. Does that make me a socialist? Or a COMMUNIST?? Well, having grown up in a communist country, let me make it clear. Do some reading on what that really means people before you go out screaming that we are becoming a communist/socialist nation. You don't know what you are talking about.
So here's to health care reform. Get a real opposing platform or SHUT UP! I hope this current bill passes through Congress and makes a positive difference in this country. We deserve it!
