
The Axiom Of Responsibility
Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
I have been thinking of pretty much one thing for the last 24 hours - the health care bill has passed. It is against my better judgment, but I am going to go on a mini rant:
I do not understand what is going on with our Congress. They do not seem to get it. They act as if they are responsible to no one.
How is the U.S. supposed to afford such a health care plan? We do not have this money to spend. We run our federal government at severe deficits. We spend money as if we could just print more and more. The thing that gets me is that the politicians that are in power now will not have to deal with the actual consequences of passing such a bill. They will not have to figure out what to do when we cannot afford this health care bill.
I also do not understand why President Obama is signed the bill into law so quickly. He signed it yesterday - just 48 hours after the bill was passed. President Obama promised during his campaign that he would allow five days for every bill that he signed. This is not what he promised. How are we to make complaints to the President on an approximately 2,500 page bill in 48 hours? - I am not sure how one would get through the bill in five days!
Also, it is unclear as to the actual effects of such a bill. Are there studies being done as to the effects that this bill will have on the economy, pharmaceuticals, doctors, or doctors' patients? I have not seen any of these studies being published or touted as a good reason to support the bill.
I know that there are problems with health care. I want them fixed. But this is not the responsible way for us to go about it. We can make changes with the current system - but signing a 2,500 page bill that we do not know how we are going to pay for and do not know the effects of?! This isn't responsible governance - this is idiocy.
Rodger McMillan
Magna Sententia Weblog Contributor
Host of The Magna Sententia Podcast




