The administration and some leaders in the house are currently in an all out push to get passage of the proposed Health Care reforms before August. Remember the Stimulus bill?? These same folks kept telling us that it needed to be passed quickly. So quickly that most of the nation's law makers did not have a chance to read the details contained in the 1000+ page bill. We (the people) were told that the money was critical or unemployment might rise above 9%. We needed swift action to save or create four million jobs this year alone. Now, 6 months later - unemployment is well over 9%, the CBO (congressional Budget Office) estimates no more than 100,000 jobs have come from the stimulus and all economic indicators continue lower. Now some in congress and the administration admit that they did not fully understand the economic situation, others plead for more time to see results of the stimulus. In other words, the stimulus isn't working as expected. But recall how we were told over and over again how quickly it was needed. Then it was the car companies. Swift action was needed to "save" them from filing bankruptcy. The government now owns them. And don't forget we started the current mess by rushing to send money to banks and insurance companies. Now the government owns that too. Its July, now its Government run Health Care. We are told it is "urgent". A pressing need. Obama told us on the radio that quick passage was necessary to "pull in control of government spending". The stimulus bill cost taxpayers almost 800 billion dollars. The Health Care Bill has an estimated price tag of 1.4 trillion. Does anybody in their right mind actually believe that government run and controlled health Care will actually "save" money? Lead to greater innovations? stimulate the economy?

Urge the congress to slow way down for once. Really take time to read the bill. Understand it. Let the public hear details and make decisions. Take time to hear feedback from the home folks. After all what we have isn't really broken. It just needs some tweaks. Take a deep breath - Our nation will survive if this actually gets debated well into the fall. Or maybe - just maybe the actual goal is something else - after all - why the hurry??