Now Listen...This Ain't No Make Believe

So....what else do you expect when it comes to politics? Lying is part of the game and that game has been going on for years and will continue that way for years to come most likely, unfortunately. It really is unfair that politicians cannot put their political ideologies aside and look to work to compromise, with constraint of course, and figure out through healthy debate what can be done to improve the current state of health care. Put aside the "big business" allegiances. Throw out the politics of old and maybe just maybe work for those who put you in your political office. Those big donors may have financed your campaign, but the hardworking American people were the ones who elected you to "serve" them. If there were to be one issue that was worthy of that it would most certainly be health care. Everyone knows that these government officials have awesome health care. They admit it themselves. Why not now try to give back.

Stop believing what every "credible" politician, talking head/media personality, and anyone else who "thinks" they know all the facts. Why not take the time to read the proposed legislation. Let me repeat that PROPOSED LEGISLATION. Its basically the equivalent of a rough draft of a college paper. This not what is going to be put on the table as the bill to be passed. If you care so much, as these individuals who keep showing up at town hall meetings "seem to do"; decipher what is truth and what is propaganda. Scare tactics are FOOLISH! Wake up America! We saw this during the Presidential campaign last year....guess that worked out...NOT.

There are many things I love about America. We preach so much about patriotism and then over react when someone is called "Un-American." However, often times that American persona of me first or we're number 1 sometimes goes too far and is not the most flattering characteristic. You might have health insurance and feel there is no need to change the current system. What happens if in two months that all changed? You would be singing a different tune. There are roughly 47 million Americans who have to endure that hardship. It will only increase with unemployment numbers seamlessly not reversing themselves any time soon. If you have a piece a bread and come across a stranger starving; wouldn't you want to share that bread? If you had water and that person was thirsty; wouldn't you want to share some of your water? Well, you have health care and you will still health care; wouldn't you want to ensure that someone without it would be able to enjoy what you have.

Republican leadership has continuously attacked the Democrats plan without an alternative. On the flip side, the Democrats need to step up and fire back if the Republicans are just going to try to bring down this bill. They have done this before, they must now work to change the errors of the past. They must also not alienate the Republican Party and most importantly the American public. At the end of the day, its the American people who control their fate. So again, both sides must ultimately determine how they can help those in need through a fiscal, beneficial reform plan. Congress must have the audacity to rise above the fray and solve this problem once and for all.