By John W. Lillpop
President Obama has made it clear that enactment of health care reform is a make or break proposition for his presidency. He has even indicated that his passion for universal health care is so strong that he might forego ambitions for reelection rather than back down.
He and other liberal politicians have tried to frame the issue as a moral one, a battle in which Democrats have been righteously engaged for decades, only to be stymied by big business and Republican interests more concerned about profits than the health of average Americans.
However, all that alleged liberal compassion has not been powerful enough to cause Democrats to address the devastating impact of money-grubbing lawyers on health care costs. The obvious need for tort reform has been simply ignored, except for an occasional outburst of truth by Howard Dean.
By all means, liberals say, the working classes must be served, provided that the revenue streams which serve as the Democrat party’s cash cow are not threatened, especially with mid-term elections looming.
So much for the moral basis for ObamaCare!
In promoting ObamaCare, the president has promised that his plan will result in lower overall health care costs and will even reduce the federal deficit while “spreading the wealth” of coverage to millions of deserving Americans and millions of not-so-deserving illegal aliens,
ObamaCare is offered as a government solution to a very complex problem made all the more vexing by the greedy drive for obscene profits by medical professionals, pharmaceuticals, insurance companies, and other Republican capitalists.
That is, excepting ambulance chasing lawyers who are much too vital to the liberal agenda to be held accountable for anything except campaign donations.
Liberals fail to see the garbled message that is being delivered to the American people. Namely, greedy insurance companies and medical providers are out, whereas greedy lawyers are always welcome to feed at the public trough of health care compassion!
Overall, an apt description of ObamaCare and the people who support might be: Hypocrisy on steroids!
Think about it.
If President Obama really considered ObamaCare to be a prudent and quality solution, he would commit himself and his family to the same health care plan that he wants to download on 300 million people.
If he really cared, Obama would warn Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid that any bill which does not require the president and members of Congress to participate would the first victim of his unused veto pen.
Realistically, Obama’s liberal arrogance and holier-than-thou belief system will probably prevent him from acting responsibly.
This confirms that in his elitist mindset, Barack Obama sees himself as too good for ObamaCare!
Guess what Mr. President: So are the rest of us!
