You Really Don't Get It... Do You?

These days it seems that our elected representatives in D.C. have really stirred up a hornet's nest. The discontent on both ends of the political spectrum is growing almost daily and this has the politicians scurrying around trying to find the middle ground that will keep the constituents happy. It is as if each one of them is trying to put their name in the history books as the person that saved healthcare by coming up with a bill that is an acceptable compromise to everyone. The only problem I see with this is that they are missing the message of "We The People". While our career politicians banter back and forth trying to find the right combination of key items that will get the appropriate buy-in from their colleagues, the public movement against big government is growing.

I watch as the parade of reform ideas passes by on the television news (more like commentary). I get frustrated at the left side of the ruling class with their Socialist and Fascist ideas for government run everything and complete control over our lives. As bad as that is, I have come to expect Socialist ideas from Socialists. What really puts me over the edge are those that affiliate themselves with the "conservative movement" on the right. Made up almost exclusively of Republicans their ideas irritate me more than anything else. I want to start pacing the floor, yelling like a mad man at a piece of electronic equipment, venting my frustration at the density of their skulls! I want to make a George H. W. Bush statement... "Read My Lips"!

The problem is not the healthcare reform. The problem is not the TARP legislation. The problem is not the government takeover of private business. The problem is all of it! What we want is to be left alone. What we want is a return of the founding father's ideas of a smaller, less intrusive central government. What we want is the opportunity to make our own decisions about what schools our children go to, what car (or truck) we drive, what insurance plan (if any) we have. You see the problem is not the few items contained in the healthcare proposals, the problem is the proposals period! It is not your job to fix most of what you spend your time and our money on. If you wanted to do anything at all to help healthcare in the U.S., you could start with Tort reform, limiting your greedy, cash hungry, ambulance-chasing buddies in the legal profession. I wonder if saving physicians $80-250k per year in malpractice insurance might help lower the cost of basic healthcare?

Is there anyone at all in D.C. that will stand up for the principles on which this country was founded? If you are out there, please stand up and be heard. I know of a few million people that will support you.