Health Care Town Halls: Tipping point for an Extremist Administration's Agenda?

A couple of thoughts about the public reaction to the Bill to have the Government take over the Health Care Industry.

- What took the Public so long to realize how radical of an agenda is being pushed by the Obama Administration?

-Why did it take the Public so long to become upset that the Representatives are not even reading the bills prior to voting on them? This is the third one since Obama took office where this could happen. First the Stimulus Spending Bill and then the Massive Energy Tax (Cap and Trade) Bill.

-Why is the Obama administration attacking the public when they are demanding to have answers to their legitimate concerns about a bill that will affect everyone in this country?

-Why would the radicals in Washington even consider trying to create such a bad health care bill with such a disproportionate cut that directly affects the elderly? Given that the elderly vote in such large numbers this would seem to be political suicide.

-How can the radicals in Congress not believe the protests and concerns of the public on health care are real and legitimate when the polling shows that a clear majority disapprove of the bill after they have had a chance to understand what is in it?

-Why are many of the Representatives deciding to hide from the Public and not communicate with the constituents? Why don't they care what the people they represent think about this very important issue?


Lots of questions I know. Here is the reality. I think the Public is waking up to the fact that many leaders in Washington, DC think it doesn't matter what the Public thinks. Why not? These very established Representatives and Senators have powerful organizations with big budgets that engage in corrupt "machine" politics to ensure re-election. As a result they are increasingly disconnected from how the real voters feel. As they pursue a greater and greater radical agenda that helps their own special interest groups they move farther and farther away from the disenfranchised public. So the Public reaches a boiling or tipping point and decides to send a message to those radical lawmakers. I believe this is where we are at now. The government has gone too far this time and now people are really upset.

Here is the scary part. The worst possible approach that the government could take is to ignore or miscategorize this Public expression when it occurs. The reason for this is that when the Government is dismissive toward the overall Public that is Angry and feeling Disenfranchised bad things start to happen. We don't want the Public to feel that the representation that the Public should have is a lie. Then they feel that they really don't have a voice at all and the people chosen to represent them are refusing to listen to them. This doesn't have to get uglier as long as they listen to the will of the Public.

The best possible outcome here would be that this bill is defeated and then in it's place they can create a far less radical bill that is narrowly targeted to help provide better health insurance coverage for the relatively small number of people (16 Million or so who don't qualify for other programs and are not in the country illegally.) Now that is a plan I think everyone could get behind!