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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
...regarding the President's qualifications, what he's accomplished in the first six months of his administration (some good and some bad IMHO), and even why he is pushing the healthcare bill at such a pace?
Did anyone ever consider that President Obama wanted to get badly-needed legislation passed that had been thoughtfully prepared over several months by his administration? By doing so he would minimize the fiddling with the content by 435 self-serving legislators and thousands more special interest lobbyists trying to get their clients "taken care of" in addition to--or instead of--the American public?
People might say that the 435 are simply doing "the people's work". But any lucid observer might have another differing opinion...that for the most part they serve the moneyed special interests and have had the people's work low on their priority lists for years. For me, I just as soon have a thoughtfully prepared bill that avoids that sort of manipulation by the "electeds", who haven't maintained our trust in years, driven by their wealthy lobbyist backers. Even if I don't necessarily agree with all of it. Pushing for a timely up-or-down vote on a thoughtfully-prepared bill is totally consistent with our Constitution, and in this case smart politics.
Just a slightly different point-of-view.
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If the bill is "thoughtfully prepared" but needs our agents' votes to be implemented, doesn't it make sense to open it up for full explanation, understanding and debate? To say, "just vote YEA and trust me" negates the check-and-balance. If the bill is that good, it should not just be something written in the dark and implemented in a rush.
All of our money and lives are going to be affected by this bill, so shouldn't we all understand it first? Anything less indicates the bill contains some surprises that no one wants known until it's too late.