03.23.10
So much for the representative republic …
The House of Representatives passed, over the objections of a majority of the American public, what they call Health Care Reform. Of course, they have promoted this under so many titles that may not be the title du jour. I have read the bill, which puts me ahead of most of those voting for it. People who live in the rarefied air of government and most of whom have never held a real job, should be willing to listen to those who have and who can assess how this legislation will impact their businesses and their employees. Not this Congress, however.
On the eve of passage the Rasmussen Report found the following:
- Fifty-four percent (54%) are opposed and 45% Strongly Oppose it
- 50% of all voters say they’re less likely to vote this November to reelect a member of Congress who votes for the health care plan.
- Fifty-seven percent (57%) believe that if the plan passes, the cost of health care will go up. Only 17% believe the plan will achieve the stated goal of reducing the cost of care.
- At the same time, most voters (54%) believe that passage of the plan will hurt the quality of care.
- Eighty-one percent (81%) believe the health care plan will cost more than projected.
- Most voters (56%) oppose reducing Medicare spending and also oppose an excise tax on so-called “Cadillac” insurance plans.
- Fifty-seven percent (57%) also believe that passage of the plan will hurt the U.S. economy.
“The disconnect between sustained public opposition to the health care plan and the belief it may pass may be one reason that just 21% of voters believe the federal government has the consent of the governed.”
I will be working hard to help those members of Congress who visited this travesty on the American public get out and scramble for jobs like the rest of us. It should be edifying for them.