This morning's Democrat & Chronicle had a few items regarding health care reform that I found interesting.
The big headline story was that NY may benefit from the health care reform. The story outlined Senator Schumer's "behind the scenes efforts" to get some breaks for NY seniors. I guess the Senator was stung by criticism that other Senators had gotten breaks for their states, while our Senators sat on their hands. Still, one wonders if so many Senators sought relief from the provisions of the bill, is it a good bill and who is actually paying for it?
There was a smaller story about the inquiry by a number of State Attorney's General, regarding the constitutionality of the deals that several of the states received in order to secure the votes of Senators from those states. This story dovetailed with a LTE from a former teacher who also questioned the constitutionality of the deals. He pointed out that he had always taught his students that the Constitution required [taxes] to be levied uniformly across all of the states. It does make you wonder how people in states which did not get any breaks will feel about the whole exercise.
I guess we should be happy that our Senator sought his bribe "behind the scenes" instead of openly and, apparently, shamelessly, like Senator Nelson did. Although, according to Majority Leader Reid, it does not speak well of any Senator who did not get whatever goodies they wanted added to the bill.
I am beginning to think that our current government is reminiscent of the court of Louis XVIth.
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Repoman;
Kind of makes you wonder who is in charge in Washington. Nancy Pelosi is doing a better job at getting her agenda moving forward than the President, Senators are getting unbelievable sweetheart deals, and the National Treasury is being raided. No one is accounting for the dollars or Renminbi that are being spent. It really is a free-for-all! When the dust settles and the smoke has cleared, the American People will wonder what has happened to their once Great Country. The thieves, swindlers and cheats known as the liberal Democrat Party will have to be run out of town on a rail and the destruction left behind will have to be repaired. A toast… to the Conservative Movement that will do the job and cleanse D.C. of those that would put U.S. under!
Simon
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