Gotta love politicians

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8601136

Ok I love how all three Utah Reps voted against the bill and say how much they don’t like it but they don’t say the critical thing. WHAT DO THEY SUGGEST! The ONLY two ideas I have heard out of Republicans that I like are tort reform and allowing people to buy insurance across state lines, but both won’t solve the problem. Tort reform sounds good on the surface, sure, but what will prevent insurance companies from simply pocketing the money they “save”. Nothing! It’s no different than the asinine idea of a “gas tax holiday” during last year’s presidential race. If Representative Chaffetz is “so disappointed” then why didn’t he pull his head out of his ass and introduce a bill that has the same goals as the one the House passed yesterday. I also love how Rep. Bishop and Chaffetz talk about the government “taking control of people’s health care” and yet they claim they fight to protect Medicare. Are they really that dense? They are fighting the public OPTION because government health care is the death of everyone and YET they are fighting FOR GOVERNMENT RUN MEDICARE!? Please! Also, I’m sorry Rep. Chaffetz but if lawmakers don’t understand the bill it’s their own damn fault. What are you paying all of your staffers for? Sit around and suck air? If you don’t know what is in it by now (the ideas have been talked about for MONTHS) then you either dropped the ball or your staffers did. Either way, your lack of attention does not constitute an emergency on our part. Take some damn responsibility for the job you were elected into! As for Rep. Matheson, I say again. Why is spending this much on HELPING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, when we are spending far MORE in Afghanistan and Iraq. You can’t have it both ways my friend. Oppose both, accept both, or be willing to raise taxes to pay for both.


http://www.sacbee.com/politics/story/2295363.html

Now I sympathize with the people in Cali who will be affected by this rise in taxes but I would like them to think of the alternative. Most people don’t realize that states CAN NOT have an unbalanced budget. It is a law. It would be far worse for the state government to go bankrupt than it would be to deal with a rise in taxes. Take the current number of unemployed and then add to it people from EVERY state agency, contract, etc. It’s not a pretty picture is it.