Every day our government and our employers expect us to do what is right. The majority of American people obey the law, pay taxes, work productively and ethically. We don’t accept bribes or pay offs. Some employers require annual Code of Business Conduct Training. We are asked to sign confidentiality agreements. Our servicemen and women are expected to sacrifice their lives in the defense of our country, and yet, what does our Congress do when faced with the most comprehensive bill of our life time?
Many of our congressmen have held out for a special deal for themselves or their states. Look at Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. His “Cornhusker Deal” is one of the more high-profiled deals of the many Democratic Senators and Congressmen who have sought special deals before agreeing to vote for the Health Care Bill written by Democrats. If the Health Care Bill is so great for the American people why should these congressmen expect a deal from the President or their leadership in the House and Senate? It doesn’t make sense. If the Health Care Bill is so good I would think every Democrat in the Senate and Congress would want to vote for it and take credit for it. Instead, billions of dollars are being promised by this Administration to gain support from members of their own party.
Our nation is facing bankruptcy and we’re wasting billions to placate these Senators and Representatives. States are going broke (Read Bob Hebert’s A Ruinous Meltdown) and making drastic cuts, and yet, it is business as usual in Washington. Millions are unemployed with little or no hope for a job and yet it is business as usual in Washington. Wages are being cut while Wall Street hands out millions in bonuses yet it is business as usual in Washington. And so it goes.
Our political leaders refuse to do what is right. Our Democratic Senators & Representatives are some of the most educated people of our country who campaigned for these jobs. They are better paid than most of us with better health insurance and benefits, yet many of them have held out for something extra before voting in favor of the Health Care Bill.
I want to know why our political leaders won’t do what’s right.
