Well, the health care debate runs on, and on, and on. Both sides saying the other is lying or deceiving. I guess when the actual health care bill isn’t even complete yet, I can see why there is skepticism. Before something of this magnitude passes or is voted on, there should be a review period of the final document of at least two months. Every other regulation in this country has a review and comment period. How can we force a vote on something that is not complete? You would not sign a contract if you were not allowed to read it fully, would you? That is what congress is being asked to do and that is why there is dissent.
Why is the President bullying everyone to get this done, when there is not even the final bill yet? How can we trust in our government, when we are not allowed to view the document in its completed form? Simply expecting us to take someone’s word for something is counter to Caveat Emptor, a concept that has been ignored, replaced with blind trust in authority or politics, a neglect which can be implicated in our current mess. America is not a corporation; it is a country of the people, for the people, and by the people. We are not employees who must comply. When last minute changes can be added, just before the vote, and maybe even after with some cleaver wording, how can we be expected to trust in that process?
I agree that health care is in need of reform. But it should rely on open debate, not us simply being expected to take someone’s word for what it will or will not entail, without meaningful review of all paragraphs, all addendum, and all special clauses. Both sides offer statements counter to each other, yet none produce concrete documentation to substantiate their claims. When you are instructed to call your government to report dissenters, I become very fearful of trusting in that. I thought this administration ran on a platform of openness? Sorry, don’t see it, same old smoke a mirrors.
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