Anyone who thinks that healthcare reform is the catalyst for how Americans feel about thier government is sorely misinformed. Almost as badly misinformed as those who think that any one political party is solely to blame for the deep mistrust felt Americans feel for thier law makers.
Nancy Pilosi’s approval rating currently stands at a dismal 11%. Any way you care to slice it, 89% of the population profoundly disagrees with her. Every political party has healthy representation in that figure. Instead of taking this grand opportunity to bash Americans, maybe it would be smarter to ask yourselves WHY.
American’s disillusionment with policy makers solidly implies that it isn’t JUST the dems or reps we don’t trust, but ALL of them. Healthcare reform didn’t create this “madness” (although you may have inadvertantly played in our favor for calling it that. We really are madder than hell), It merely served to push us perilously close to the precupice of what is already a buldging caldera.
While I soundly and vocally disagree with violence toward the law makers, it is abundantly clear to me that the system is irrevocably broken. No matter who we vote for, the self-serving interests of those with power has ensured that we will never have the chances that they have been afforded. We won’t be able to honestly raise our standard of living to anything any better than fighting over thier leftovers.
We are taxed to fucking death, with the inevitability of more taxes looming on the horizon. I might remind those across the pond that George the third tried that shit, and we stomped his ass all the way back to England. Why the fuck would we tolerate it from one of our own?
We’ve been plunged into TWO world wars that we all have said repeatedly that we disagree with, yet we have been systematically silenced. Our general had Bin Laden cornered the first year we were in Iraq (ask Tony Blair, if you can get him to tell the truth), but when he requested troop backup, he was told no. Instead, we’ve stayed in a war for YEARS that has cost us trillions and the tragic, pointless loss of thousands of our soldier’s lives, for no good reason at all. And that is just the tip of the iceberg that hints at the utter corruption of our government…...a goverment which is supposed to be working for us, I might add. Did you think we had forgotten?
Thier arrogance and self-centered interests shared with corporate bedfellows, especially over the past 2 decades, has become so transparent that they barely even bother hiding it anymore. Why should they? They’ve gone unabated for so long that Washington DC is has devolved into an iniquitous den where one can help themselves to what ever they want with both hands. It’s a goddamn free-for-all, with American’s footing the bill.
The only thing Healthcare reform did was to bring thier motives into sharper focus. Had they lain everything out on the table to start with (transparent government, anyone?) at least as far back as 20 years ago, none of this nastiness would be taking place. And THAT is what has pissed us off. We DO agree that healthcare reform was needed. We aren’t stupid.
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