Last night the Senate Finance Committee worked until 2 a.m. this morning to vote on all of the remaining amendments to the Baucus bill. Unfortunately, aside from some minor tweaking, the bill still looks like a huge pile of steaming horse manure.
Almost everyone will be forced to purchase health insurance – a boon for the insurance companies. Some poor people will be exempt from the individual mandate, but that just means they’ll still not have health care. The public option is nowhere in sight.
It’s too bad the Senate is such a worthless governing body – apparently filled with lapdogs for insurance companies, Big Pharma and hospitals. I’m not surprised. It’s obvious that the politicians have successfully rigged our political system so that they can remain in power while doing nothing for us and everything for their real constituents – corporations and the Elite. Oh well, did we really think anything good would come from Congress? Nope.
I keep saying it, but now is the time for a real revolution. We need a real government run by the people. Let’s organize.
Read the New York Times story on the latest Baucus bill developments
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