Folklight Reflections

The Senate Health Care Bill is out and while there is no 'public option'... (except medicaid) the number that will cause many to wince is 13%... That’s the share of family income that the Baucus plan envisions middle-class American families having to pay in health insurance premiums before co-payments, deductibles and other cost sharing. Is it affordable for you?? NY Times story HERE : Bill PDF HERE Below is an obvious argument to keep politicians out of this process. Tucked inside is a provision that could provide billions of dollars for walking paths, streetlights, jungle gyms, and even farmers’ markets. The add-ons - characterized as part of a broad effort to improve the nation’s health “infrastructure’’ - appear in both the House and Senate versions of the bill. Critics argue the provision is an obvious effort to insert pork-barrel spending into a bill that has been widely portrayed to the public as dealing with expanding health coverage and cutting medical...

The “script” that is playing out in California is merely a shadow of what transpires daily in DC - “District of Corruptiom” where we see two different political parties headed in the same direction. The only difference is the speed; as they both daily offer expensive government programs for every perceived need. After years of playing this charade called “pass the buck” power thirsty politicans, instead of paying for what we truly need, now are reaping the proverbial whirlwind. We're trapped in the cellar California politicians have wallowed in an orgy of spending but they are a poor imitation of the porkers based in Washington. Yes California’s deficit this year is over $26 billion and IOU’s are being printed (3 Billion in July). These numbers pale in comparison however to the federal deficit which will be nearly 70 times larger. Obama's administration is the most fiscally irresponsible in the history of the U.S., he has no shame, and seems willing to cast aside any sembla...