The President spoke angrily yesterday while criticising Congress for delaying his health care reform proposals. Why, however, do we need an artificial deadline when we are dealing with a proposed reform of 1/6th of our economy?
The attached post from Hugh Hewitt clearly describes the problem. Here's a key piece of the post:
"There are certain facts that are incontrovertible in today's health care discussion. The United States Senate has not made a proposal, the President of the United States is admittedly unfamiliar with key provisions of the House of Representatives proposal and the President and his advisors have had extensive meetings with various elements of the health care community, yet no one knows with precision whether any of these discussions are reflected in anything.
The President has declared that anyone against these plans is playing politics and/or 'trying to put off decisions on legislation until special interests can kill it.' Wow."
Haven't we already had enough legislation which went unread by our legislators? As Obama's poll numbers continue to slip, it is clear that his goal is to ram through as much system-changing legislation as he can before the public turns decisively against him and his left-wing agenda.
UPDATE: Check out this PowerLine post for another take on the error of rushing health care legislation.
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Repoman:
Do you honestly think that the interests who make enormous wealth off the system as it stands, are not working with Congress to prevent change? The only thing artificial is the charge that an August deadline is phoney. If the President waited until October for a bill to emerge from both houses, those who benefit from the present system will have another excuxe. What's the rush? I suggest you get out there and talk to business leaders!!!
I don't doubt that many interests are fighting against passage of the bill.
My question is why, if the nation is so foursquare behind the idea, do we need to rush? Why can't the proposals be aired, discussed, challenged, modified where necessary?
I have no confidence in our President's good intentions. The stimulus bill, for example, was rushed through because it was allegedly urgently needed to combat the recession. Yet only 11% of the stimulus money will be spent in the first year. The phony "crisis" was trumped up to allow the Democrats to pass an $800 billion pork fest of pet projects.
Health care reform is another big Democrat cherished ideal. I'd like to see all of the criticisms addressed before they pass anything.
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