Published on Tuesday, February 02, 2010
By Daily Bulletin Staff Writer
Enough is enough! I recognize I may be na ve, but I thought lawmakers were supposed to be lawmakers first, then become politicians at election time.
The national health care reform process has proven otherwise. No matter which party did what during this particular process, even if party roles were reversed, it would be just as unacceptable.
Lawmakers should create and move forward legislation only if they believe it is the right thing to do. So when during this process, several lawmakers felt the Senate health care bill was not the right thing to do, their own party resorted to bribery to obtain their vote. How else could it be described when their own party offered Medicaid financing for that lawmaker's state at no cost, forever, and offers $300 million-plus for another state's Medicaid financing only to secure their vote! The worst part is that it worked
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