I think the biggest problem with political debates is that they’re… politcal. No one listens, everyone assumes, and everyone stays staunchly on his or her side of the drawn line – arguing objections repeatedly though they have been addressed and articulately countered. Of course this is an overgeneralization, but I haven’t seen any real evidence to the contrary. Republicans want to fuck over Democrats and keep their bills from passing (and the same is true in reverse). For all practical purposes, I shall call myself a Democrat, which is simply to say I voted for Obama and hate George W. Bush with the fire that burns in Hell.
I don’t for one second think that Obama is perfect, though I think the vehement objections and assertions that he is going to singlehandedly ruin the US are ignorant, and on a good day, laughable. If our nation is in such a terrible state, isn’t it possible that it got this way over time? Perhaps even the leader of the past eight years had his hand in it, hmmm? Surely you don’t honestly believe that Obama has caused all of THIS in his eight months in office? If you do… well, there’s no hope for you anyway and you have my permission to quit reading. In addition, I beg you to take your voter registration card and hop off into the ocean with the other lemmings.
1. All insurance is getting outrageously expensive. So while you may be happy now, thinking this doesn’t apply to you… try paying your premiums in a decade when they’ve more than doubled. AGAIN. Reform simple insurance costs, please?
2. I don’t wish cancer upon you, but see what happens when you get that diagnosis. I bet you don’t even realize how many major issues won’t be covered by what seems to be a great insurance plan. Insurance companies are a big fucking business… and big fucking businesses like to make a big fucking profit. Who cares if it’s at your expense? I promise they don’t. They’ll drop your ass in a heartbeat when you get too expensive (or even come close to requiring them to pay out what you’ve paid in). “Preexisting condition,” they’ll cry out. Reform insurance company policies, please?
3. Doctors SHOULD NOT be paid by the quantity of procedures ordered, but the quality of care they provide. Reform the pay structure for doctors, please?
4. Drug companies – I don’t even know what to say. They just need to be beaten into submission, the greedy bastards.
I can’t even rant anymore. I have too many thoughts and not enough time to process them.
