Written by: Fat Libertarian
As of the time of this writing it had appeared that the Democrats secured the necessary 60 votes to pass the waste-of-space health care bill that nobody wants. If I were a conservative politician, I would use it’s passage as an opportunity to give voice to angry Americans who feel they have no voice. Not only are the Democrats passing a bill that the people don’t want, they are seriously considering (from Drudge) voting on it on Christmas Eve, only further rubbing it in our faces. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a party so hell bent on self-destruction. For months I’ve been hearing progressives lament how they have not been able to get socialized medicine here in America. They don’t seem to get it – the reason is because the people don’t want it. Especially as they get to hear the details. Which is why the Obama administration has been trying to rush this legislation and everything else through so fast.
This bill will pass and conservatives should run on a platform of abolishing it. Not just that, but on a platform of getting government out of the health care market as a whole. If the Democrats pass this type of health care overhaul, then the natural response for constitutional conservatives should be to attain a mandate of their own to reverse it.
The will of the people will be behind them as an increasingly unpopular progressive democratic party continues to enact their unsupported agenda. In 2010 and beyond the bills for all of this spending will come due and then you will see the constitutional message of a limited government and less spending become a necessity.