The Democrats have decided to go for broke. Rules of decorum and a couple hundred years of tradition do not matter to this bunch. What matters is winning, while at the same time grabbing bigger and bigger chunks of the private sector for government.
Barack Obama
Health care reform is failing. The Democrats no longer care if they need 60 votes for anything. The filibuster is only a valid parliamentarian procedure when Democrats employ it. Make no mistake, they will shove this terrible health care bill on the American people by hook or crook. Remember, more government equals more Democrat power. And Democrats like power, loads of it.
Reconciliation can be used just once a year. The Democrats planned on using it this year to seize the student loan business. Their bill, if passed, would make the Federal Government the de facto sole lender in the student loan business. Since banks are now seen as the Devil’s spawn, the time is right, in their eyes, to seize a chunk of the banks’ business under the guise of helping the “poor” students. The poor is in quotes because every pretense of stealing another industry by the government is predicated on some “poor” group being bullied by private business.
What to do, what to do? Today the idea of combining the health care takeover and the student loan business seizure into one bill is gaining steam. Not a joke. I wish it was.
My question is, when do we start comparing Obama directly with Hugo Chavez? If all passes, GM, Chrysler, the student loan business, health care, and AIG will all be in the hands of the Obama government within a year and a half of his taking office.
An amazing turn of events.
Democrats have been imploring their leader since Scott Brown’s victory: Mr. Obama look at Bill Clinton’s example. I reiterate that call. The government is getting to a point where it will soon consume the liberty and freedom of everyday Americans under the guise of “fairness.” Socialism is unnatural and turns everyone under its purview into sneaks and thieves. I hope Mr. Obama gets it and changes course. If not, I hope the American people get it and change course at the ballot box in 2010 and 2012.
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