The Battle Is Getting Ugly

National Healthcare Reform. Do we need it? Yes. The way it is currently being presented by the Senate and House? No.

Our elected officials are basically refusing to listen to their constituents.

National polls show people, in the majority, are against the reform as it is currently being presented.

However, our leaders continue to push it and push it, telling us that it must be done for our financial turnaround.

Rubbish.

Our recession was not caused by unreformed insurance.

Our recession is, however, being used as a platform by politicians in an attempt to get massive legislation through both houses for the "good" of Main Street USA.

I see no good coming from a One Trillion Dollar (plus) deficit.

But our elected representatives, those who are supposed to be watching out for OUR best interests, know that if the revenue projections are short or the expenses are higher than they counted upon, they simply raise our taxes, start more consumption taxes or borrow the money from the Central Bank (costing Main Street USA loads of interest).

Nevertheless, as more and more of the various items that are contained in the proposed bill are revealed (including the billions for earmarks) more and more Americans have decided that they do not want this kind of reform.

To counter this act of "uprising," i.e., people speaking their minds, events are staged, er, held and, lo and behold, catastrophes occur.

People like Senator Arlen Spector say the vocal people at his rally are not representative of America. Really? What polls are you reading, Senator?

A step further with the shenanigans, Democrats and Republicans, alike, take it to the extreme with ringers at events.

Yes, both sides do when attempting to get their story across.

But both have been caught red-handed with ringers going either direction, those in favor or those opposed. Ample blogs exist pointing out these humorous tales of attempting to pull the wool over the collective eyes of Main Street USA.

Elected and appointed officials even get into public name-calling of each other, making this "debate" over healthcare reform quite a three-ring circus.

All of this is interesting, to say the least.

Also, it is quite worrisome.

I used to think, and I was taught, that honesty is the best policy, and that diplomacy and statesmanship are superior tools in negotiations and settlements.

Is that totally passé at this point in our society, our civilization?

I hope not.

Let us hope that those on Capitol Hill listen to the people without the added diatribe added by ringers from both parties.

Healthcare reform, sure, but DO NOT sell us down the river in the meantime and DO keep government out of the healthcare business. That is NOT what government here in the Good Ole USA is supposed to be doing.

Over For Now,

Main Street One