Bribery seems to be the word of the day in Washington. As snow fell on the nation’s capital, senators from Nebraska, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Michigan to name a few were getting a sweetheart deal. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) made a big stink this week about wording in the bill about federally funded abortions. He said he could not vote for a health care bill that would allow this. Well, now he is on board. Apparently the wording has been reworked and Nebraska will never, that’s right never, pay for the additional people added to the Medicaid rolls. You the American taxpayer will be paying for those folks in Nebraska. Nice deal. This means that all the other states will be paying more. But Ben Nelson isn’t the only one voting for this bill because he got an early Christmas present. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) wasn’t thrilled with the bill either, but his state will now get $10 billion dollars in new funding for community health centers. Ben Nelson and Carl Levin (D-Michigan) also worked out an exemption for non-profit insurers in their states from a hefty excise tax. Similar insurers in the other states will pay the tax. In addition to the $10 billion going to Vermont, the state along with Massachusetts were given additional Medicaid funding. I am sure there is more, but this makes my blood boil. Here I thought Ben Nelson might really stand up for something, but all he did was fall down. If I was a senator from another state, I would be knocking on Harry Reid’s door asking for the same type of deals. Dirty Harry says that all states are treated differently and that it’s all about compromise. This health care bill has nothing to do with compromise. An overwhelming majority of Americans (56%) are against the health care bill. They are happy with their health care. President Obama comes out and says 31 million people are without health insurance. Well guess what, the 10.2% of people who are unemployed have no health insurance because they lost their jobs. What about that, Mr. President? Instead of taking care of the economy, he is worried about passing health care reform. There are things that can always be done better and things that can be improved, but ramming a health care reform bill down the throats of the American people is not the way to improve the health care system. I wonder what our founding fathers would think of this “compromise”. It’s plain and simple bribery and it makes me sick.
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This whole thing makes me see RED! The corruptness of government makes me physically ill!
It makes me see RED too!! This just shows the American people what crooks we have put in office and it is time to get rid of them before they do any more damage. We have a great Senator from Oklahoma is trying to get things done right, I wish there were more like Sen. Coburn!!!
I have heard that the govenors of quite a few states are getting together with their attorney generals and mapping out the plan to fight this monstrosity. It is totally contrary to the constitution!