I just wish our government would take their time and make sure the new health care reform bill is what we truly need and not just a bill pushed through because they want to be in the history books as the ones who passed a health care reform bill.   What’s sad is President Obama had said “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president”.   My question is.. if you are truly a really good president, wouldn’t you will be voted in office a second time?   The only reason why a one term president would be only one term would because they did something that ended up hurting more Americans than helped.   (For example… his stimulus bill)  While we do need a health reform bill, this bill they are pushing down our throats is not the bill we need!    

Every day more and more Americans are loosing their jobs and what does that mean?  More and more Americans are loosing their health care (which I honestly think our government is happy for because the more people with out it the easier it will be to pass the bill) so my other question is why not work more on what we can do to start more jobs?   After all, if people started getting jobs, than more than likely they would have health insurance once again.

By looking at Unemployment averages from last year Michigan topped all the other states with an average of 13.6% and last I knew we were now getting close to (if not at) 15%!  I was talking to my friend the other day because they are debating on buying a business and we started talking about the small business tax here in Michigan and she flat out said that her friend who owns a heating & cooling business would love to hire a couple people, but unfortunately it’s the taxes that are keeping him from doing that.  I never really knew how bad they were until I had to claim the money I made this year from blogging as a business.  They ended up taking over 45% of what I made!   When I see that on just the little bit I made (under $2000), I can’t imagine how much they take out from businesses that are make a lot.  Do they get hit harder like the income tax where the more you make, the higher the tax bracket you are in.  All I know is, after seeing how much taxes they are taking from me is making me think twice about trying to make money by blogging because I’m trying to think is it really worth it?  

Something I think the Government could be doing for the health care would be to spend time finding and taking care of all the fraud that is going on in their other programs like Medicare and social security disability.  How many millions/billions are being paid to people they should be?   Here is one example.. last year four Raleigh students were charged with scamming $12 million since 2007 from false Medicare claims for the motorized scooters, powered wheelchairs.. etc.    To think.. that’s just 4 people!   Later on in the article it said…

That’s just in 2005 and just on powered wheelchairs!  How bad was it in 2006, 2007, 2008 or even last year?   Also how bad is it on things other than just powered wheelchairs?  Just by stopping that kind of fraud we could probably pay for the insurance of all the people that are with out and not have to start another Government agency!    It’s so funny how everyone running for office (Republicans & Democrats) say we need smaller Government, but what will be happening when this Health Care bill passes?  Yup, once again the Government will get bigger and bigger!  When will this madness stop?