He Still Doesn't Get It

In his weekly address, President Obama talked about the soaring cost of health insurance. He talked about the upcoming health care summit with members of Congress and asked them to come to the meeting in a spirit of good faith. He said he doesn't want the meeting to turn into political fear with each side reciting talking points and trying to score political points. Maybe he also wants them to bring cookies and ice cream.

If we have learned anything from the debate on health care, it's that the Republicans are not acting in good faith. They are like schoolyard bullies who want to beat up the President and take his lunch money. At the recent Tea Party convention, I did not hear anybody talking about good faith. The Republicans are in a race to see who can get farther to the extreme right of the political spectrum in order to win the favor of those who are disgruntled by the current administration. Showing good faith to the President would be political suicide for them. The only common ground they are interested in is the ground they want to shovel over Obama's grave.

If you want to see my ideas about health care, you can go to http://barnes4prez.com/health.html. By creating a Federal Insurance Commission (similar to the Federal Communications Commission), enacting tort reform and other actions, we can control costs and make health insurance available to almost all Americans. But the upcoming health summit will accomplish little if anything toward this purpose.

Obama wants politicians to focus on the next generation, not the next election. He still doesn't get it. Our elected officials are the most short-sighted people on the planet. All they can see is money and power. If opposing the President will bring them more money and power today, the next generation can take a hike. We have already seen how much the government cares about the next generation by their deficit increases and the way they looted the Social Security Trust Fund.

So if you are waiting for the government to bring you quality, affordable health care, don't hold your breath. Maybe you should ask Santa Claus to bring it next Christmas. You'd probably have more success.