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Originally Posted by SOREHOOF
Our Govt. was set up to move s l o w l y. It was designed so that even if one party had control of both Houses of Congress the minority party would still have a voice. What do you think the Founders of this great Nation would think of 2500 page Bills that in the words of one Democrat require "3 days and 3 lawyers to read" then they still don't know what it says if they even bother to read it at all? Do you think they would be proud of this bloated, power grabbing, overtaxing, entitlement loving, deceiving, meddling, Constitution ignoring, nanny state of a corrupt Govt.that cares more about 30 million people without healthcare insurance, a lot of whom are here illegally, or others who don't even want it, than the 30 million adult Americans who can't read or write even though we spend more tax dollars on education than most other countries spend on everything? The spineless weasels in D.C. care more about being "politically correct" than about just being correct.
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Aren't differences of opinion a great thing?
Isn't it wonderful that most of us respect the rights of others to hold differing opinions?
Our government isn't designed necessarily to move slowly. Actually it's pretty clean and simple in design. There are simply Constitutional safeguards in place between the Judicial, Executive and Legislative branches.
For example, the first Medicare bill passed during Lyndon Johnson's presidency became effective nearly immediately.
The minority party currently in the Congress and Senate have a clear voice. In fact, they have a voice so powerful they have been able to obstruct what the majority party wants to do.
I think the founders of this great nation would be thrilled that America places it's citizens first, and looks out for all it's citizens, rather than ignoring those that "have not".
2500 page bills that have been available for a few months is a simple thing for Senators and Congressmen to have their aids read. And these bills have been online and available to the public in printed form for a few weeks now. It's a straw man argument, if someone, at this stage, is still whining, "I haven't read the bill" or "I don't understand it!"
Unfortunately, misinformation still occurs, like thinking illegal aliens would be covered, when they are explicitly excluded.
People have to be healthy and alive, first, in order to be able to learn. The United States of America has a terrible infant mortality rate, and too many of our children are going hungry and without medical care.
I've lived through many years of having a political party in power that I didn't care for, whose policies I didn't agree with. That is the price of being an American citizen - allowing other American citizens to have their turn at a voice.