A Blood Oath
By louisehartmann
Roll Call is reporting that congressman Steve King (R-IA) is now demanding a “blood oath” from House Minority Leader John Boehner to to shut down the Government. King said, “We must not blink,” noting that money cannot be spent without the House voting to pass it. King added, “If the House says no, it’s no.” and if a government shutdown happens, he wants to ensure “there wouldn’t be a repeat of 1995 where the House caved.” Karl Rove, the Chamber of Commerce, and other business groups have already raised over $400 million to spend on destroying Democrats this November, and if they seize control of the House, expect a repeat of the disastrous 90s with unending investigations of the president and other Democrats, and a disaster for working people in America.
Comments
#2
Who do these people think they are? A blood oath...don't they have work to do?
Work that we are paying them to do by the way.
#3
It is curious, I finally understand the real resistance to health care. If I heard king correctly, his biggest complaint is that if health care is provided by the government, it will make us all lazy. I guess that means unless corporations are allowed to hold out the carrot and keep us begging for this basic need the entire population of the u.s. will drift off into a state of blissful somatic state of complacency. His faith in americans is obvious, he has none and actually considers this the people to require a task master to keep us motivated.
#4
Congressman King is wrong. He stated that his "number one" concern is that Americans will be deprived of "personal responsibility, vitality, independence, and self-reliance" if our government sets and enforces the ground rules for health care insurance. Actually, rules setting a base level of coverage will free us from the constrants and constant anxiety brought about by dependence on democratically unaccountable corporations that should not be allowed to control our access to health care, our peace of mind, and, too often, life itself.
Currently, Americans are afraid to leave or change jobs and afraid to strike out on their own as entrepreneurs, because they cannot afford to lose health care coverage. Those who are recissioned or denied coverage by insurance companies find themselves economically ham-strung, if not destroyed, by medical bills.
Someone should tell Congressman King that there's no vitality, no independence in that.
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