Health Care bill becomes obsession
It is almost as if a mob mentality has taken over some Democrats in Congress. To some extent they can be pardoned for simply playing "follow the leader" — President Barack Obama — but at some point we hope they can be brought back to reality. During the weekend, some Democrat leaders predicted that the president's cherished health care bill will be passed quickly. "It won't be long," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But a majority of Americans have made it very clear they want no part of the bill. It has become a monstrosity, threatening to plunge the nation even deeper and faster into debt while making it more, not less, expensive for many people to care for their health. Just during the past few days, the extraordinarily political nature of the contest has become more apparent. In a desperate attempt to gain more votes for the health care bill, Obama agreed to insert billions of dollars in aid for college students into the measure.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrogance apparently knows no bounds. This week Pelosi, D-Calif., in effect told Americans we are not entitled to know how the health care bill being pushed by liberals would affect us until after it is enacte.
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