OBAMA ACTIONS

There is little doubt that the majority of Americans do not support the most recent Obama legislative victory in the area of healthcare. Many conservative political commentators have strongly opined against this newly passed, socialist leaning undertaking but none has been as direct as Rush Limbaugh.

"We need to defeat the bastards!", said Limbaugh. "We need to wipe them out. We need to chase them out of town. But we need to do more than that. We need to elect conservatives. If there are Republican primaries, elect conservatives, and then defeat the Democrats - every last one of them - and then we start the repeal process."

Well said and absolutely true. However, Limbaugh, at least in this instance, did not acknowledge and contemn the healthcare insurance industry for its excessively high premiums; for its denial of coverage because of preexisting conditions; and for its constant opposition to paying for its policy holders' properly incurred medical care expenses. These issues must be addressed and resolved.

With this win by the Obama Administration, certain voices have again raised the vision of additional gloom that is just around the political corner. Obama will need more money to fund his healthcare goals, not to mention paying the huge amount of money the federal government owes foreign nations via Treasuries, and so a federal sales tax will be implemented. Obama wants to be re-elected in 2012 but polls show that 60.5% of the nation believes America is headed in the wrong direction. Other polls show Obama's approval/disapproval rate at best to be pro 47% and anti 47% to a pro of 43% and an anti of 56%. The Obama remedy, again according to the pundits, is to mandate that all illegal immigrants are now US citizens and as such have the right to vote in the 2012 Presidential election. The theory is that these new voters, almost in mass, would in a show of thanks pull the lever for Obama and reward him with a second term.

These negative connotations are a bit too extreme to be seriously considered but so was, until this week, the socialization of the medical industry.