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Erik, you are a breath of fresh air and sanity. Saves me a lot of writing. Thanks.

I don't mean to get so angry but when people get in here saying all this crap legislation is so great, I just can't stand it. If they want to practice philanthropy and anthropology, then they can use their own money and get donations. Heck, I would even donate to some of these things, but don't make me, my children, my grandchildren and ... Read Moregreatgrandchildren pay for your great experiment that WILL FAIL the people it's meant to help.

Sure they will have healthcare but it will produce another whole generation dependent on it and will be let down and crushed just like myself and the generation before with the FAILED social security. It will be gone for sure by the time I'm old enough to use it. My own father has to fight every month to get his and he paid into it his whole life.

I'm happy they are moving towards a plan.

Wether we want them to or not, this congress is going to pass this if not now, soon. It's going to get them major kickbacks from the insurance companies and give them full control over all our lives and how we choose to care for our health. Next they will get control over our food, then they will take our 2nd ammendment ensuring they have complete ... Read Moretyranny over us all.

Wake up. The 9 most frightening words in the English lanuage are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Regan didn't say that to be funny. About the only good thing he did for this country was his rhetoric.

cover up the corruption

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I think this is good idea. Any way OpenCongress could make maps of OpenCongress user locations with the same icons if they are in favor or oppose? No user names, just colored icon at zip code location. Be neat to see where people live that favor or oppose bills, maybe good for representative to make decisions too, just kidding about last part.

She would do her constituents a and everyone else not voting for the plan at all, especially the public option. Public option is a cop-out for the insurance companies. Socialist health care has never worked before, it won't work now. Nothing has changed. This administration is just a different wing on the same ugly bird.

It was. But it's back up and running now. Sorry for the inconvenience!

What I was trying to say is their vote was manipulated reguardless.

Just for Eric :)
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Oh great wizard of oz, please give them a brain...

It's almost funny that this is almost certainly "ammunition" to be used against the GOP, though the one Dem quoted said he wasn't sure where his staff got his comment from... Of course the fact that this happens all the time on both sides will certainly be completely ignored, as will the fact that GOP lawyers played a larger role in drafting the statements. And, lest we forget, Dems NEVER rally beneath a banner with a common message, do they... oh, wait.

this is awesome-integral reporting, ... thanks Donny Shaw!

Erik is right. A good chunk of the Senate Finance Committee's bill was written by the VP of AHIP, one of the biggest insurance lobbies in the country. sigh.

The most non-sarcastic answer I can provide is, no. During the campaign Obama derided Clinton for proposing *mandatory* health insurance for every American and imposing fines upon those who did not purchase it. Not only does he completely support these ideas now, he also believes in making lack of insurance coverage a criminal offense, punishable by imprisonment.

What country did I wake up in this year? It is certainly not the United States.

Here's the explicit piece I was recalling:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27384.html
President Barack Obama says there won't be a tax hike in the health care bill -- but Sen. Max Baucus's bill says otherwise.
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Page 29, sentence one of the bill introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont) says: “The consequence for not maintaining insurance would be an excise tax.”

Richard--Don't let Bill pull you into his straw-man accusations. The health care bill is not going to be instead of any wars, real or imagined, foreign or domestic. That's a dishonest diversionary tactic used to get opponents to defend something that has nothing to do with the actual topic. People like Bill employ this sort of dishonest approach ... Read Morebecause they don't know enough about the topic to defend it. They can't articulate *why* they believe the healthcare bill is good, but they can certainly point out all kinds of imaginary and unrelated reasons of how you and I are heartless, greedy or stupid for opposing it. Typical divisive attitude of those who care nothing for their own rights.

@Brook - hehe, no prob -- I just like throwing a few hard facts at the "no wmd" crowd since their tunnel-visioned liberal media refuses to provide any.

If you really want to know, watch this documentary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebOTc-7shU&feature=youtube_gdata

Amen Michael. I have been wondering the same thing.