Why should anyone vote for a party thats trying to act like moderate Democrats when there’s already a party half full of real moderate Democrats. If you can understand that. Your smarter than the entire RNC right now.

Why fiddle around with what a lot of people already have and are happy with?

Keep it voluntary. Offer people a choice. I’d probably piss and moan about having to pay the taxes for it, but as long I had the option of taking it or leaving it, I could handle it.

Some of us just want the government stay the hell out of the way, leave us alone, stay out of our lives, our pocket books and our own personal business. If I can afford to take care of my own family, pick my own health insurance, physician and make my own decisions about what when and where I do things, why on earth would I want the government to do it for me?
It screws up averything it gets its hands as it is.

No thanks, Id rather have the freedsom to screw up on my own and live with the consequences, than to let bureaucrats do it for me.

“Government-run health care would be a disaster. It would lead to a massive tax increase, with nothing to show for it. In fact, government-run health care would actually have negative effects.

“It would increase bureaucracy and delays, it would drive up costs, and it would decrease the quality of care. It would drive some of the best medical professionals out of the field, and it would discourage talented young people from entering the field in the first place. Perhaps most of all, it would lead to a reduction in services offered. The resulting rationing of health care services would have devastating effects, especially on the poor and the elderly.

“Yet, the Democratic Party – from my opponent Jim McDermott to Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton – favor government-run health care over reliance on free market solutions. McDermott in particular is one of the most extreme proponents of the government taking over health care. But the last thing we need is to follow the European path of government interference, bureaucracy, and massive taxation.

“The priority in health care reform is putting individuals in more direct contact with providers, reducing the role of insurance companies, government regulators, employers, and attorneys. The current system, with heavy government and middleman involvement, is bureaucratic, inefficient, and a primary cause of rising health care costs.

“There should be increased competition among health insurance carriers to provide consumers more options and more variation in benefit plans. This will lead to coverage that is less expensive, based on individual need, and with more choices and options for the health care consumers.

“The medical expense tax deduction should be greatly increased, and all drug purchases and insurance premiums should be fully tax-deductible. Eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts should be greatly expanded. Consumers should be allowed to buy health insurance across state lines. Congress should pass tort reform to restrict excessive awards (including punitive damage awards) and to eliminate frivolous lawsuits.”

There’s a reason why Congress’s approval rating is lower than President Bush’s approval rating. The Democratic leadership has worked hard to ‘earn’ the reputation of being a do almost nothing congress. Their first year, their list of accomplishments was that they got a minimum wage bill passed. I noted at the time that that’s only because they attached it to the Iraq War supplemental bill and while they included tax cut for small businesses. It’s also worth noting that the Iraq War supplemental passed moths after President Bush proposed it.

What I dont understand is why people are claiming that Democrats would gain 25 seats if thety are so unpopular. I mean since when did the party in control of an unpopular congress increase their majority?