What is the rush?

625 Billion dollars? “We don’t have time to read this bill?” Who are they trying to kid?

First they were too busy to read the stimulus bill and now they are too busy to read the Healthcare bill, just what are they willing to read?

I applaud the bipartisan efforts of Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash to require all legislation to be posted on the internet 72 hours prior to a vote. Today, Rep. Olympia J. Snowe R-ME voted in support of the very same amendment and was quoted as saying “The American people are rightly entitled to see what we are legislating and we should not be afraid of having a better and more complete understanding of exactly what we are doing,” Snowe a member of the “Gang of six” has also publicly expressed her objection to the so called public option.

Lets lighten the reading for our Representatives – let’s take out the following;

• Public option – we don’t need it nor can we afford it.
• Coverage for Illegal’s – OK there is no guarantee to illegal’s but without a way to check the legal status how can we determine if they are legal or not?
• Proposed cuts to Medicare 500 Billon and Medicaid 125 Billion – remember we were told there would not be cuts to these programs.

I could just imagine myself telling my employer “sorry, I did not read the contract before I signed it – we can’t afford it but don’t worry we can just raise our prices to cover the difference”.

The next sound would be my shoes on the tile floor while I was being escorted out of the building.

Molan Labe.