Ok - so I'll start this off with full disclosure - I don't know HOW I feel about Obama's health care plan... I don't fully know it all, and for the most part, I feel like neither does Obama nor his administration. They have an idea and want to move forward with it - but they can't quite figure out how to pay for it. I do think it's a little unfair if he ends up taxing the rich to pay for it. It probably has a lot to do with the fact I also do not fully understand his rationale for taxing the rich to pay for it. They made their money if they don't want to be all Robin Hood-ish, why should the government force them? On the other hand - there could be a whole side to the argument I've never been exposed to, or don't understand that does explain why or how we should be taxing the rich...Nonetheless - because I don't know much about the plan - and it seems he doesn't either - I am feeling just an overall sense of wait-and-see mentality.
However, one of the issues that really is just freaking absurd - is the way people are ACTING at these town hall meetings. I actually saw a news clip where some scared-white-man-of-the-black-man got up and yelled "I don't want your government hands in my medicare!" - REALLY?!?!!? Some guy actually yelled he doesn't want the government in a government program! Maybe a good majority of Americans really are getting dumb and dumber. Maybe they really just hate black people. Maybe they refuse to even listen to a different point of view because they disagree with people just on principle - i.e they are white republicans - "he" is a black democrat....
Ultimately - I just don't get it. Faux news, all the r-tards that make up that show create these lies - which naive people believe. Then, they go to the town halls and sound like the most uneducated, fear-mongering bigots. I don't know HOW MANY times I've heard Obama and the rest of his administration says "There are no 'Death Panels' - and if you like what you have, you can keep it - and we are not going to discontinue your current health care". They must have reiterated that point 1000 times! And you know, these scared people at these town hall meetings don't listen to the words The President has spoken - they only listen to the likes of O'Reilly, Hannity, Glenn Beck, and our beloved genius of all time - Sarah Palin. How much sense does that make? They don't actually read the plan, they don't actually listen to the man who is creating the plan - they merely listen other idiots on TV! ON TV!!!
What ever happened to reading? What ever happened to doing your own research? I guess that would take effort - and too many people are content with being spoon fed answers and solutions - too many people are content with taking the easy way out. This issue with some Americans goes WAY beyond simple politics - look at religion as an example...
Anyway - like I said, I don't know how I feel about the health care plan - and neither do most people. I want to hear where Obama can openly speak about the plan without being interrupted by some moron who doesn't know the plan either. I want Obama to be able to talk about it - give specifics and explain what he would like to do. THEN, we can have an (and after we have listened) intelligent conversation about it - not simply yelling out dumb things. Until then - I say all idiots going to a town hall meeting who have only listened to Faux news - stay home! - you aren't helping your cause, you aren't an informed voter, you're just making noise because you don't understand either...
