Is this some of that change we're supposed to believe in?

So, it has finally happened. The leadership of our great nation has officially begun the process to fundamentally transform (Obama's words, not mine) our country, from what we Americans see it and believe it to be to the distorted image of "spread-the-wealth" economics and limited individual freedom or choice. The House narrowly passed their version of Obamacare 220-215, garnering just enough votes to squeak it by. The vote was carried by 219 Democrats, and one Republican who was more worried about losing his seat in a Democrat-laden district than vote his principles (although if he's a Republican who was elected in that area, he may have voted with his principles!). Against the bill were the remaining 176 Republicans and 39 Democrats from conservative areas. It's still incredible that any one of them was able to comprehend the 1,990-page, $1.2 trillion legislation, as Obama promised would happen before any bill was passed in Congress.

This is also reminiscent of Pelosi's outrage over the inability to read bills way back in 2005.



It's disappointing that politicians are so...political, and that both sides are mostly invested in themselves and their parties and how much power they can grab and hold on to for as long as possible. Rather than create legislation to provide access to health care for those who don't have it, this bill is attempting to change the way everyone receives care, no matter what they say it's supposed to do. Let's be honest. While our country provides the best care to it's citizens, it is far too expensive and inefficient for the future of our nation. There are much better, more economical, and much more desirable ways of providing care to the uninsured than by overhauling the entire system.

Whether they admit it or not, the potential negatives of this bill far surpass the potential positives. While it can cover many uninsured, a significant portion of the uninsured choose to be uninsured, desiring to place their money in other areas more important to them than health care, bu this will give them no choice to say no to health care, and despite what is said, the health care is not free. We'll all pay for it through our taxes. This bill will, however, will increase taxes, reduce Medicare payments, and increase our nation debt by almost $1 trillion.

The liberals mistakenly proclaim that conservatives voting against this bill are against health care reform, which couldn't be farther from the truth. I think conservatives, even more than liberals, want health care reform due to the terrible costs associated with inefficiency and providing care to uninsured. It's unfair to say that conservatives are unfeeling, horrible people, who want Americans to die (as stated on the House floor by Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson from Florida) because they won't support this bill.



We need a change. The choice isn't pass this bill vs. keep our same broken system, as the Democrats are saying. They seem to think that any step is a good step. We must change our system to preserve the future of our nation, but taking a step just for the sake of taking a step isn't the right thing, especially when that step is over the edge of a cliff. It would be better to keep our current broken system than break it even worse with this bill, possible damaging any hope of actually fixing health care in the future. I just their are enough Senators with the strength to resist following the power of the Democrats and actually obey the will of the people they represent.