It’s Time to Start Listening
Today, President Obama is holding a summit with Congressional leaders to discuss health care. The meeting is supposed to be an open forum where everyone can express their opinions. Instead, three days ago, the President released details of his new health care plan. And it looks a lot like his old health care plan.
What kind of president conducts business like this? Who would convene a meeting to let people be involved in the process and then try and preempt the meeting by announcing that you already have a plan and you just want everyone to agree to it?
This health care summit is a metaphor for the Obama administration. The president says he wants to hear from others; then he doubles down on a terrible health care bill that only liberal idealogues could like. In fact, his bill now includes a 2.9% tax on capital gains, interest, dividends and annuities.
Why would we want to raise taxes during a recession? Why would we want to make health care more costly? And why does Obama want to hold a meeting just so that he can present his revised health care plan?
Mr. President, you’ve done enough talking. It’s time to start listening. The American people don’t want your big government health care plan. Not now. Not ever.
Rocky Wilcox
February 25, 2010
3:24 pm
Good questions. i just got through participating in three webinars today dealing the new laws regulating federal election candidates and contributors, Roth IRAs and ways to address wrongful health insurance methods for making underpayments to patients and physicians, respectively.
To sum up, its a wonder anyone can figure out the overbearing laws and rules in this country and follow them with out going broke. The health system reform proposals add even more to the complexity. HSR, as proposed, is a stimulous package for lawyers, CPAs, and insurers. it provides complexity out the yeng-yang.
As an attorney one would think I would be for HSR as proposed. That would be short-sighted. Government control and payment equals inefficiency and complexity. It should be carefully rinsed before enactment and be the last choice, not the first.