Q: "Affordable health care should be available to everybody."

Absolutely TRUE.....but this bill passed by a bribed Democratic Congress, (bribed, in a way meaning waivers for them)..and they didn't care at the time that the backlash, to this bill, was going to be so, strong. Being as they had control of both houses, and the White House, they must have figured that they were firmly entrenched and, therefore, immune that the country would ever swing the 'other way'. Problem was/(is), that a lot of the country swung to Obama, and the Democrats because of the policies of the Bush administration, and the fact that they were spending, and passing bills like drunken sailors, that the country was NOT in favor of. Already, people were questioning the credibility of the 911 incident, and why we went to Iraq, when the reasons were found out to be bogus...not only that, but most of the participants in 911 were from Saudi Arabia...why then Iraq?
Anyway, that's another subject...the problem with this 'Health Care(?) bill, is the provisions and the requirements that comes along with it. when the Supreme Court rules on it, they may rule out certain things, but leave the requirements in..which then, would leave us with the shitty part, and NO Health Care. The issue is NOT single payer vs. public option, that is somewhat of a diversion. the REAL issue should be reported, and isn't, the central data base that would be enacted, to facilitate the rest of the bill. THEREFORE, the whole thing should be struck down, and perhaps another put in its place, that isn't a Trojan Horse for absolute control over every thing you are and do!
Besides, the present bill only allows 6-8 thousand dollars, per year of 'health care', per person. The trillion dollars that went somehow 'missing' would have provided more. Something is very fishy here, and once again, a huge segment of the American people a VERY suspicious. To keep them diverted from pursuing getting to the bottom of this mess, the national dialogue has been purposely steered to the partisan bickering IE. Democrat vs. Republican nonsense....of which, is clearly demonstrated even here...a music based forum.
Now I'm sure the wannabe 'activists' will come rushing in here to denounce this as 'right wing' or Tea party rhetoric, or something just as silly..and of course, they will do this without thinking, or doing ANYTHING other than a knee-jerk re-action, along 'party lines'.
This is absolutely stupid, and the symptoms of corrupted party leaders, who are more concerned with the payoffs from their 'financiers' than representing the well being of their country, or fellow countrymen. As Bill Clinton says, "In politics there is no loyalty".
Go figure.

Good posts, Sawzaw, and Q.
Regards,

GfS

P.S. The above post, I'm sure is not endorsing of ANY party or group...just an observation from an politically unaffiliated musician. (It keeps me objective, instead of making excuses!!)