We the People

Not being a complete idiot, I do realize that this bill has not actually passed, my earlier references were to the passing in the various chambers.  Actually, I am quite surprised at your assertion that it may be possible that some Republicans will end up voting for this.   Also, I am not certain that no one has changed their minds either, we haven’t heard it but like you said, the final vote has not happened.  The Democrats have convinced their people that NOT passing it would be politically worse than passing it, that is why they are passing it ( not for their original reasons)   Does this make sense to you?  How can that be the reason we are going to make this enormous change in our society, economy and  health care?  Were going to do this to be less politically damaging to the democrats?  This is reason to support this bill as a democrat? (Or do you believe this bill will increase coverage reduce care, improve and increase services and reduce our deficit as claimed?)    How about what is best for our country?  How about something that might actually help keep people from going bankrupt if they get sick ( catastrophic care politics) How about reforms that will really bring costs down?  ( TORT REFORM and interstate competition, free market competition, providing a variety of plans to choose what works for each person as opposed to mandated coverage for everything in every policy), What about increasing personal responsibility so people can have control and be involved in the decisions? ( make health care be paid for by people themselves, not insurance companies and fine, give subsidies to people to let them purchase for themselves instead of being a nanny state and purchasing for them).  What about addressing looming doctor shortage if they actually do the things they are planning? I feel like I could go on and on. 

So to a more, ummm, intimate question regarding this bill.  Specifically whether you , Steve Sweet, support this bill, (yes I understand we do not have a final bill, and there are some differences between the senate and house, but I hope you will not use that to not answer).

I agree the watering down of this bill removes any and all pretense to achieve its original purposes ( at least from a left view; as from a right (and correct ) view it never did anyway.  Thus, I have a hard time wondering how anyone can actually support it, and why they are continuing forward.  You use a lot of statements reporting that the majority of people support free universal health care.  I suspect if you asked people if they ought to have free universal housing, they would also enthusiastically back that.  Or free universal food,  or how about free universal gold bricks.  Who could not support that?   Ultimately, someone has to pay for these things ( and it cannot be done simply by taxing those evil rich people) and polls show that when people find out it may be THEM that has to pay for it, their support drops off dramatically.  Those same people also acknowledge ( overwhelmingly) that we as a nation can not afford this (especially at this time).
The fact remains this bill is hugely unpopular and no poll shows that majority of the  people support it, and I guess many of them ( not only republicans) have representatives in Congress, why are those Dems not representing the views of their constituents?  That fact alone should be enough to go back to the drawing board. I agree we have a looming problem with health care costs and availability.  This bill will do NOTHING to help those problems.  Something does need to be done it improve the issues but the hardest question is how do we do these things and not turn our country into a socialist or communist one, which dooms us for generations.

and finally:

GO SCOTTIE THE HOTTIE!!  SAVE US ON TUESDAY!!!