For a sixth straight day, Obama sought to keep the focus on his chief domestic priority in the face of mounting resistance on Capitol Hill, including conservative Democrats. White House officials are worried they face a tougher road to passage than anticipated.
"This is what the debate in Congress is all about: whether we'll keep talking and tinkering and letting this problem fester as more families and businesses go under and more Americans lose their coverage," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. source
The client looked at him and said. "I haven't seen too many dead bodies laying about on the streets."
My father, being new to the biz, didn't have a ready answer for that one and so he packed up his briefcase and came home. I'm sure in later years (he was very, very successful), he thought up and response to that objection.
With Obama we have the same constant fear mongering. According to him people are dropping like flies, being kicked out of their homes, and sleeping under bridges - all due to lack of health coverage. Are their stories of hardship? Sure! And I agree that something needs to be done. But a public plan based on erroneous numbers and flat out lies is not the way to solve anything.
I for one do not wish to be mandated to buy anything. Nor do I want a government bureaucrat deciding when and how much health care I will receive. Under Obama's plan, health care will be rationed, doctors will be scarce, and we will pay for it big time with higher taxes, lost jobs, and increased cost of goods. There is nothing "free" about free health care.
