I’m not opposed to change. Change can be good, but I’m becoming increasingly paranoid about just what-in-the-hell our government is doing. Not even a full year into his administration, Obama has caused more controversy over his policies than his predecessor managed in eight. Not that the executive branch is solely to blame. After almost ten years of Republican legislative majority, the Democrats seem to want to make up for lost time after their narrow margin of victory in 2007 with a glut of reform. Change for the sake of change. Health care has been the loudest debate and it’s doubtful that Roe vs. Wade polarized the country in a more dramatic division. Enough so that the White House asked all despot fearing citizens to report their neighbors for speaking out against Obama care. There is little doubt why no lasting bill has managed to make it’s way safely across the floor yet. Let’s forget the fact that regardless of what Washington wants you to believe, the money has to come from somewhere. There have been a number of ideas of how this is to happen but the bottom line is that inevitably this is going to lead to higher taxes. So ignore the fact that you, gentle reader, will be footing the bill for someone else getting sick; how do you feel about paying higher taxes to reimburse the rest of the world for ‘causing’ global warming?
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