Angry?
Are you a Republican/Nihilist? Do nothing, offer nothing in return, watch as something happens, decry those who acted, yell random fear words into the air, hope the next group continues to be your voting base.
Are you white, fundamentalist, perhaps a bit insane? Blame the black people.
Are you against abortion? Completely ignore the facts on abortion and gloss over the Americans are a bunch of rubes factor.
Do you think the government is going to use this as a means to steal your children? Ha, if we thought your children were worth something, we'd have education reform instead.
You are CEO for an HMO/PPO? Nobody gives a damn, go jump in your Scrooge McDuck gold pool and swim in for money for a while. Even better, get a job in banking, I heard that they are paying well these days.
Are you a libertarian who believes in small government? You may have something, but you're still a rich or paranoid ass.
Are you honestly concerned about government spending as it pertains to the country's future? Bingo, that one counts.
Happy?
Are you a bleeding heart liberal who thinks this is great no matter what? This bill is weak and built mostly on a bed of stupid compromises and weak hopes that it will pay for itself.
You believe it will pay for itself? We as a country are suffering from an epidemic of obesity. Yes, we found a way to make a condition in no way contagious an epidemic (which I know is hyperbolic). Our health care costs will continue to go up, even if government controls help keep costs down.
You like abortions, if it was up to you, you'd get one every day? Ummm...seek help.
You have an unhealthy love for Obama? He's not God. We can only hope this works, and he doesn't end up being the Millard Fillmore of black presidents. Although, technically he is (he's the everybody
You currently have no insurance, because someone busted the economy two years ago, your student loan bills are eating away at your paycheck, you have a shitty job, or it just isn't cost effective for you? Congratulations, we might have something to help, except for student loan kid...you're still fucked.
As a citizen of the fine battleground state of Missouri, I have a vast variety of friends to choose from. I have Liberals like myself, born and raised that way. Then, there are some who a liberals by socioeconomic status, that is they are poor and reasonable. Others found the way because they have what I like to call a heart or empathy for their fellow man. At the same time, I have Conservative friends of all kinds. Engineers, who firmly are anti-tax and anti-helping people, because they are rich and don't give two shits about their fellow man. Racists who hate Democrats, because black people are Democrats. Fiscal Conservatives who actually grasp what is the greatest Conservative principle; libertarians act as their batshit wing to make them look even more credible. Gun and bible toters, who think that government is not trustworthy, and spends its entire existence trying to disarm and sodomize them. So I get it, health care is a contentious topic. Here's what I don't get.
All of you. Republicans spent two terms calling us un-American because we don't want to blow up other countries. Now, they don't want to help their fellow Americans out, and it becomes pot-kettle black. Democrats spend our whole time saying we are the party of ideals, and we come out with a weasel of a bill that caters to our special-interests while attacking ours. We'll see how that plays out when Pfizer is running against Aetna in the 2020 Presidential election, sponsored by the Taco Bell Supreme Court. The funny thing is all of the ideas listed under the "angry" above were real concerns voiced by my friends, and my friends aren't dumb. Most hold college degrees, and the ones who don't have a good head upon their shoulders. But this time, I'll call you out.
1)This bill might help some Black people, Tavis Smiley generally does talk to black communities about ideas that help them, and that is fine. It will help more white people, so race doesn't have anything to do with it. Obama isn't going to create a Nubian master race; we already tried that and Northern Iowa, St. Mary's and Cornell still won. (I apologize, but I had to go there)
2)Abortion is going to continue at the exact same rate as before. The people who get abortions usually aren't smart enough to know they can get it, kids will still throw babies in trash cans, and parents will have their child's mistakes washed clean. Abortion rates are not higher in countries with universal health care, because they have proper sex education and we don't.
3)This is not the end of mankind; this isn't even socialism. Stop yelling the phrases that FOX News tells you. The same pot-kettle blackness of screaming against the tyranny of the US government comes from the same people who thought the Patriot Act was a good idea.
4)When I saw the children being taken away comment, I died a bit inside. The government can't support the foster children program at its current state. Someone has to take children who the government takes away. Of all the claims, this was the most ignorant and most sad.
5)The world tomorrow will be just as the world was today: a big lumping piece of human destroyed shit, and we will live our lives the exact same ways. Except now, some poor people won't. Their children will be healthier, and they will live longer. They will in turn either contribute more to further the American dream or become completely worthless, but they'll at least have the option to get treatments for sickness. Republicans will still ask Obama to shine their shoes when they see him, and liberals will still walk with a cowardice towards all living things, but perhaps brighter days are here.
Now, that we have dealt with the elephant(s) in the room, we can move on to issues that matter before coming back to health care when it's begins to cost too much in Obama's next term (find me someone to beat him). Jobs, education, the "myth" that is climate change, oil dependency, irrational wars in inhospitable places, and the bigger elephants, China and India.
Because I'm sure after reading that you want more, here are some fun links to my views that I brushed here and probably didn't elaborate enough on.
What I Think We Should Be Focusing On
What Your Affiliations Imply
Why American Hegemony is Ineffective
My Takes on Abortion and Sex Ed
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