Comments Posted By navydog
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SHOUTING DOWN THE OPPOSITION AT HEALTH CARE MEETINGS IS NOT THE ANSWER
i think everyone is missing the point and have become largely enflamed by their neighbors, friends, rumor, or gossip. firstly, i am bi-partisan and i don't believe in parties because all government should have the singular purpose of making the country better.
instead, what i clearly see here (the debate, not this site) is not a genuine concern for health care, but the same old republican vs. democrat poltics. the democrats have made one of the most politically dynamic moves in the country. this should be agreeable enough. they done so after an inversely embarrassing campaign and presidency for the republican administration. now they are determined to stop ANY legislation that comes out of the democratic party from going through because it wouldn't be good for them. if democrats came up with a bill saying every family gets ten thosand dollars a year tax free, they would slam it.
also, this is not an argument about whether organized rallies are un-democratic or not. of course they are democratic. what is not democratic is the way they go about it. these "rallies" are mobs. there is no justification in such action. we look like a third world country out there because of this. i agree with the more sedate. there are other ways to express extreme disapproval. restrained protests in the street instead of at political forums meant for intelligent discussion and compromise.
lastly, there are things that bother me about this bill also, but i am not clouded in the fact that this is not a simple problem. regardless of what ANYONE tells you, there is no simple solution. lower the costs of medicare??? the whole concept is that these are privately owned insurance BUSINESSES. i never understood how it was allowed in the first place that people who are motivated by the need to accumulate and maintain a profit margin are placed in charge of the countries basic health care needs. to a business, you are not the PRIMARY concern. profit is the initial factor. economics 101.
i think people also mis-interpret a governemnt-run health care as some over-powering dark tower dominating all the land. much propaganda has been put out to promote this bill, and i found it a bit shaming that respected House members are actually on TV doing so. a governemnt-run health care does not mean the dissolving of all private health care. what it means is that it gives people a basic CHOICE. the current situation is that under the current program of PRIVATIZED health care, people already find themselves ousted out of their plans, their plans changed, they are unable to afford health care, or they find themselves bankrupted by it. how many of you have this exact problem?
what a government-run health care does is introduce a low-priced option for many of us who don't have the gas to ride to work. you still have the option of going to the more expensive health care providers if you want, or can, but they make the option for you to buy a cheaper, affordable plan. health insurance companies don't like this because if someone is providing health care at a lower price than you, you must lower your prices in order to compete. this cuts into the profits they are making. they may not be huge profits, but that doesn't mean they like watching them fall.
this is how that system works. there are no vampires waiting to cast judgement on your elder loved ones. no one is placing "death boards" in charge of your health care. i mean seriously. we are not dumb people. i don't say that there aren't things wrong with the bill, but i urge a more rational, more thought out argument than the one'spresented when i turn on the tv. seriously. i've gotten beatings for similar behavior when i was a kid
Comment Posted By navydog On 11.08.2009 @ 12:09
