Is Everyone Angry About Healthcare or is it Just Me?

I don’t know about you but I have noticed lately that everyone just seems down right angry about the healthcare issue. Everyone seems to have an opinion of what should or shouldn’t be done. Do we need this or that and has the government done what is best for us?

Now I don’t think there are any absolute answers to be given. I do think there are many “power pockets” in government and they are all fighting to win whatever cause they may be on at the moment. Now, is this in the best interest of the people, maybe for some but not for others. Take the health care debate that is going on right now across our country. There are those that are for it and others are against it. Who’s right or who’s wrong? Some say the government can’t run anything efficiently so why would we want them to run our health care. I can’ t say that I disagree with the fact that it seems to be a challenge for the government to do anything efficiently, and that’s a fact. One fact is for certain, we do need a health care plan that works for everyone and that is affordable. When you think about it, it was easier to put a man on the moon and bring him back to earth in 1969 then it is for grown adults to sit and figure out what would work in a simple insurance plan for our country.

I think the town hall meetings that are going on are great and it doesn’t matter what side of the isle you are on. Our constitution and our founding fathers planned our democracy as such, for our voices to be heard and our thoughts delivered to those elected to listen to us. Should this be done with anger, bitterness and hate? I can’t help but wonder if the son’s of liberty expressed themselves with anger at the King and the taxes being imposed? I think there is a fine line between passion and anger. Regardless, our elected officials in performing the duties of their elected office should at a minimum listen to us. I don’t believe anything should be done with an attitude based on anger and hate however citizens who express themselves with passion should also be respected and heard.

We will endure this process just as we have endured all the processes of the past. We will get through this. Do I think we will see a national health care system? I think with the present make up of congress we should see it happen. Will it cost us a lot of money? The answer to that is absolutely, just as all the other programs and bailouts the government has done in the past eight months. I guess the one good thing we can all count on is we will all know what we will be doing for the next fifty years, working and paying taxes.

And the beat goes on.