I've spent the past couple days being told that I need to go back into my progressive corner, and quiet down. I'm told that this Health Care bill may not have everything I want, but it is a good first step.
That is bullshit. I'm not mad that we didn't get some options. I'm mad because they are handing over subsidies to the insurance companies without any control over that money.
Serious, I have no idea how anyone can claim to be a Democrat and vote for this bill. If when they developed food stamps, they had told you that all the money will just be subsidies to Walmart only, what would you say? Would you want your tax payer dollars fed directly into a monopoly?
We are told that this is only a first step, but it is a shitty first step. Do you really believe we will stand up to the insurance lobby, while we fund them directly? If they can afford to buy congress today, how much influence do you think they will bring to bear in the future with hundreds of billions of tax payer funds in their pockets?
The Democratic answer to our broken system, is to give more control and money to the insurance companies. The only people they plan on punishing are the people, who don't purchase insurance from one of these companies. They are blaming the victim, and claiming it as a leap forward.
I have no idea why I bother voting.