Let's start with some simple questions about ObamaCare:
■ Will I be able to keep the coverage I now have?
■ Will my taxes go up?
■ Will my Medicare plan change?
■ Will the bill cover abortions?
■ How about folks here illegally?
■ Will I be required to buy (and help pay for) health insurance?
Great questions!
And we have the definitive answer to every single one:
None of your business.
"Not only is the actual language of what is likely to become the main legislative vehicle for Obama’s signature health care reform not available on the Internet, it hasn’t been given to members of the key Senate committees or the Congressional Budget Office."
This despite then-candidate Obama's promise that he would require such bills to be posted on the internet at least five days prior to any vote, let alone to those responsible for actually, you know, voting on it. And the Party in Power© is thumbing its nose at the very concept of transparency:
"Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., offered an amendment requiring the actual legislative language be posted on the Internet for 72 hours prior to final passage. Bunning’s amendment was soundly defeated."
It's worth noting, although not surprising, that this was an almost straight party-line vote; only one Democrat, Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln, voted in favor of transparency in government. Which begs one last question:
So what are they hiding?
■ Will I be able to keep the coverage I now have?
■ Will my taxes go up?
■ Will my Medicare plan change?
■ Will the bill cover abortions?
■ How about folks here illegally?
■ Will I be required to buy (and help pay for) health insurance?
Great questions!
And we have the definitive answer to every single one:
None of your business.
"Not only is the actual language of what is likely to become the main legislative vehicle for Obama’s signature health care reform not available on the Internet, it hasn’t been given to members of the key Senate committees or the Congressional Budget Office."
This despite then-candidate Obama's promise that he would require such bills to be posted on the internet at least five days prior to any vote, let alone to those responsible for actually, you know, voting on it. And the Party in Power© is thumbing its nose at the very concept of transparency:
"Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., offered an amendment requiring the actual legislative language be posted on the Internet for 72 hours prior to final passage. Bunning’s amendment was soundly defeated."
It's worth noting, although not surprising, that this was an almost straight party-line vote; only one Democrat, Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln, voted in favor of transparency in government. Which begs one last question:
So what are they hiding?
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