I don’t know what to think.  As a conservative, I fear that we are putting too much control in the hands of a bureaucracy.  I know that sounds like a cliche or a republican talking point but I really don’t think our voting public fully understands the impact of doing this.

As a middle class wage earner, I feel like the hardest hit.  Our income doesn’t have the cushion to absorb more taxation or fees.  This is going to suck.

I feared long ago that this bill would pass and it almost didn’t due to the over-reaching lefty ideas of single payer systems.  The Democratic leadership could have passed something a long time ago.  They had the seats.  They had all the power.  But instead they tried to grab too much power and alienated the centrists of their party.  In the end, they got it done.  They got it done with some curious deal and got it done in a partisan way.  They now own it.

What will the future hold?  I suppose we can only find out.  For those of you without coverage because it costs too much, you will now have it.  It won’t be free.  You WILL be paying something into the system.  I hope for your sake you maintain a healthy lifestyle.

For those who could afford it and chose not to, welcome to the club and pay into the system.

For those who are under the poverty line and don’t have coverage or had medicaid, well… you’re welcome.  Now the rest of us will have to pay a little bit more to cover you.  However, your scooter will be taxed.

I do feel defeated.  But I am not as right-wing enough to shout things at politicians or throw things.  I am more dignified than that.  I really want to talk/listen/analyze this bill based on the policy.  These next couple of days will be filled with victory talk by the democrats.   I don’t want to watch.  I will just read about what the bill actually has in it.

I just hope that the voting public who is truly upset by a bill they didn’t want make themselves heard next fall.

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