From MSNBC:

When asked about a Republican alternative to the Democratic health-care reform plan, Boehner replied, “That’s the real crux of this — how do we help those who don’t have insurance get it and, secondly, this does nothing about the cost of health care in America. And if we are serious about fixing our health-care system we [have] got to go to the cost and the cost side is pretty simple. We have to do something about reforming junk lawsuits that drive up the cost of health care for all Americans.”

When pressed for more specifics like cost of the GOP plan, Boehner said, “We are continuing to draft our bill, and we hope to have it soon.”

Look for the GOP to continue to tie health-care reform directly into the issue of the poor economy. Expect more statements on fiscal responsibility, how health-care reform hurts small businesses and how it’s too much, too soon.

Here’s the real problem with the healthcare debate: it’s EVEN a debate.

Senators like Cantor and Boehner DO NOT CARE whether you have a shaky healthcare plan from a company that might not be around in two months. They could give a shit whether you have a pre-existing condition that precludes you from ever getting the kind of coverage that would cover it without constant challenges from the billing department and the potential that your healthcare insurer will drop you like a bad habit.

They don’t care about these kind of things because it is not their concern. They WANT to be ignorant on the issue. Listen to them. They have a million reasons at their disposal as to why the Democrats program won’t work and not a single good explanation of what will. They are OWNED by the same companies that have saturated the airwaves with commercials telling you that the Obama plan is “socialized medicine” and will set this country and your wallets back. Look at their faces. Look deep into their eyes when they spew this filth on the Sunday morning talk shows. Behind that indifferent stare is a brain that is gleaming with calculations of how much money will fill their coffers for their next campaign. It makes perfect sense to them to blame you and your lawsuits for the problem. In their world, that benefits them.

You see - you, the taxpayer, are collateral damage to these pieces of shit. Consider that strong language? Well, how would you feel if you had a parent or loved one about to collapse under an unjust healthcare system and the only thing standing in the way of them and the next generation getting some relief are these indifferent, callous fuckheads.

I’ve never been one to wish bad things on anyone. It’s ugly in concept, let alone actually applying it. Still in all, I’m reminded of George Wallace and Ronald Reagan. Wallace spent most of his life fighting to retain segregation and promoting hatred. During his Presidential campaign he was shot and paralyzed. By the time of his death he had renounced his earlier ways. Could it have been that as a paralyzed man he may have faced some of the adversity that blacks have faced in society - at least enough to give him a small amount of enlightenment? And as for Reagan, who helped cultivate the power of the recently demoted religious right - would have been so eager to support some of their issues, including stem cell research, if it could have helped him in his future. Ironic as always.

The best way to be out of touch in this world is to say “no.” When you find yourself promoting a way of life/work/thought that is mired in the past, built on lies or prejudices or narrow thinking, it’s good to understand that you are wrong before you even begin going down that path. There will also come a point when your narrow thinking diverges into discrimination - and possibly visceral hatred. Those who choose to hold onto the past, like the current crop of republicans regarding healthcare, can only get uglier and more divisive in their rhetoric. They don’t know this because they’re too caught up in hateful thought.

Cantor and Boehner will likely go home to their families tonight, sit at the dinner table, enjoy the simple pleasures of life and feel pretty relaxed and comfortable within their small little world. They can use us as “examples” and “chess pieces” because they have that luxury. But God forbid the real world enters their privileged little lives and either they or their loved ones have to face challenges that only the “little people” have to generally endure. What will they think then? Fortunately for them in the here and now, ignorance is bliss.

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