I believe that we are abandoning our founding principles. The US Constitution is in danger of being made irrelevant by the 2 parties.
If you agree that the US Constitution is the frame work all laws must fit within and our government has not stayed within that framework then we have violated our founding principles or in other words “dismantling the country”
I was at the Lebanon, PA meeting and people read directly from the bill and asked questions based on that. How is that misinformed? Some questions based on frustration have been asked that is true but they are trying to express that frustration and these in these forums are to phrased as a question so the politicians can pontificate & try to look good.
There has been a lot of debate (on the news channels) on the health care bill that you may agree is BS & political posturing. What I would like to see is a debate on Constitutional grounds.
Can they list next to each provision of whatever bill they pass what articles of the US Constitution were discussed and what articles give them the authority to allow that provision to remain? I don’t think they have the fortitude.
I have been that person working 2 jobs with no insurance with a 2 year old son, who suffered grand mal seizures, spent a week in the hospital with no explanation. I understand what you are saying however, government is not a charity. The public monies should not be used for that purpose.
We are a compassionate nation but to take (steal) from one to give to the other is wrong. We all love the story of Robin Hood but that is no way to run the government.
I believe we can discuss politics regardless of our backgrounds or education. 20th century political history shows us that the progressive (socialist) movement has spawned great things like the USSR with the murder of millions of its citizens. The progressives gave us NAZI Germany, Communist China, Pol Pot, and others that have repressed their people and crush liberty.
As far as the Socialist comment goes I would argue Fascist. Go to
Fascism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and scroll down to the heading “National corporatism, national socialism and national syndicalism” you will see that we are on the very edge of falling into a fascist democracy.
Government has not taken over the corporations (ok may be GM) but it is favoring companies that can push its political agenda. Both parties have done this to us and we have allowed it to happen.
We have been allowing them (the progressives) to destroy our nation for a long time. I don’t know why we have become vocal now. It should have been years ago. We lost our faith in the 2 party system, some years ago, some during the last administration and others in the last few months.
Obama can do a lot, so long as he does not violate his oath of office by not staying within the frame work of the US Constitution.
If you are in south central PA I would be happy to meet and discuss anything you like. I’m sure you will find I am not what you think.
The simple fact is the federal government has no authority to provide health care. As a responsible employer, yes it does. As a governing body, to force this on the population, HELL NO.