Reid casts wrong vote on health care for second time.

Way to go. This is the Senator who is the Majority Leader! And you Nevada folks? What were you thinking when you voted this guy into office? Or did the dementia set in after the election? He can’t even get a vote right, but you trust him to represent you and your state?

First. Let’s get something straight. Every single American has access to healthcare. Any one of us can walk into any Emergency Room and receive healthcare irregardless of our ability to pay. Will they ask you to pay? Probably. But they’ll still treat you first. So, quit trying to use that silly argument.

Second. Those of us with insurance or money to pay for our healthcare will likely receive better treatment. It’s a reality in every single capitalist economy. Free = lesser. Sorry, but that’s the way it works. If you don’t like it, get a job that offers insurance. And if you do have insurance? Quit going to the doctor so darn often. I firmly believe that you are capable of treating your own splinters.

Third. You do NOT have a right to health insurance. Affordable health insurance? Yes. But, expect your affordable health insurance to not cover as much as the “Cadillac” plans do. This goes back to the Free = Lesser argument. The quality of something (In this case, what it covers and how much it pays) is directly relational to how much you pay for it. If I can afford a health insurance plan that has a premium of $4000 a month, I can expect it to pay everything. If I’m only paying $400 a month, I cannot.

To recap: Health Care does not equal Health Insurance. You do not really have a right to either. What you do have the right to is the “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. None of those three things can be construed as meaning health insurance or health care. Very simply, I cannot take your Life from you. I cannot take your Liberty from you, and I cannot keep you from pursuing happiness. Period. Stop trying to give it meaning that doesn’t exist, or I’ll start doing the same. Did I mention that I can make a very good argument for my pursuit of happiness being ruined by people who don’t do what I tell them to?

The more liberally you take these things, the more liberties you’ll give us to use them against you later. You keep saying it, and maybe it’s true, but we conservatives are a warring bunch and when we are not allowed to war with our real enemies, we’ll naturally turn on our domestic ones.

Finally, you all are acting like a bunch of children. You aren’t getting your way, so you’re trying to find ways to break the rules without getting caught and to bend the rest of them so that you’re stuff gets pushed through. Grow up already.

Congressman Pomeroy,

You don’t know me, but I am a constituent of yours from Jamestown, ND. I am writing to you today because I feel very strongly about the subject.

You and your fellow Congressmen are scheduled to vote on House Bill #3962. While I cannot argue that we do need some sort of reform in health care, this bill is not the way to do it.

Let me give you an example. My wife recently started a business. A business that is contributing to the well-being of our family and contributing to our local economy. If Congress passes this bill, her company will be forced to either provide health care for the employees, or pay a tax so that they can have the public option. Even if we agree that the tax would be the cheaper of the two options, it is still a 8% tax! In the case of my wife’s business, that wouldn’t just force the firing of employees, but would likely shut the business down. In effect, it would be taxed out of existence.

This is just one example of many why you MUST vote NO on this bill. It is not good for the country and it certainly isn’t good for North Dakota, a state that I know you love.

Please do the right thing for North Dakota on Saturday.

Finally, I thank you for your many years of service to this country and this state. But, I feel that I must remind you that the people of this state and this country are watching. We are watching like we have never watched before. I won’t threaten your position, as that ultimately is at the mercy of the people of North Dakota. But, it will be awfully hard to explain why you voted yes on a bill that raised taxes on businesses by 8%, raised taxes as a penalty to those that cannot afford health care (how is that helping them?), raised taxes on “medical devices” that include drug store items such as condoms and tampons, and establishes the beginnings of a Government run health-care system (which is unconstitutional, I might add.).

Again,
Thank you for your time, Congressman.

Either way, sign me up for not signing up for required health insurance. You can’t get blood from a turnip Messirs Reid and Obama. Although, a Pelosi stare may shrivel people of even the strongest constitutions…