Transpearency?

In 2008 Canadate Barack Obama made a straightforward healthcare reform promise on the campaign trail. “We’ll have negotiations televised on C-Span, so the people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents and who is making arguments on behalf of the drug companies on the insurance companies”. Where is it? Where is the transparency that became now President Obama’s mantra? I’m starting to feel slighted. Truth is, I don’t think Obama wants any part of this healthcare reform debate anywhere near TV cameras. Can you imagine witnessing Democratic leaders bribing fellow Senators and House Representatives, live and in prime time? The outcry would be huge. The information does get out but the people get the watered down version. This is a prime reason why each of us must keep calling, emailing, texting our elected officials and let them know we know what’s up. We need to continue to call them on their B.S.

Now, to be honest, our calls may fall upon deaf ears, especially on the Democratic side. It’s obvious that they don’t care. Democratic leaders will try to get this bill passed by any means necessary. Several Democratic Senators and House Reps. admit the current bill is far from perfect but you know what, it doesn’t matter. They just want a bill that will be signed into law. I’ve heard some of the Senators and House Reps. say “we’ll work out the details later”. WHAT ???? I don’t know, maybe it’s easy to make a comment like that if it’s not your money being spent.

Here’s the unbelievable part. In the Senate there were two Senators who hit the mother load. Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu got the “Louisiana purchase”. 300 million dollars or so for the state of Louisiana, in exchange for her vote. Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the one who made out. In exchange for his vote, the federal government will fund Nebraska’s new Medicaid recipients. It’s a sweet deal considering that many governors are worried that the Medicaid expansion will further strain already stressed state budgets. So states with fiscal problems of their own get their budgets squeezed as a result of this bill, but the man that history will show cast the deciding vote, gets his state off the hook. Amazing! Beyond this, tax dollars went to bribe two key Democrats so that a bill will be passed that would raise our taxes further. Absolutely Amazing! These two should be put in jail for this. You and I will be paying for the Medicaid recipients of Nebraska and for the “Louisiana purchase”. President Obama, where are those TV cameras? Show us, the constituents, what’s going on with the healthcare debate. Show us what hope and change is all about.

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Until next time, Rodney