A Gentleman’s view.

Health Care for the sake of making our business competitive again overseas is mandatory.

In spite of the hollering and screaming going on at the town hall rallies, no matter the signs of gloom and doom related to government takeovers of various segments of Corporate America, I can still hear the amazing quiet out there. With all the pundits covering the rallies and the hysteria about the disabled and the infirmed and ‘Death Panels’, there is still such stillness that the amazement that it exist almost takes my breath away. The Republicans have raised much fuss about the Wall Street Loans, and Big Bank Bailouts, that either people they selected to run those institutions had failed or the legislation they supported put forth by those people damn near broke all the banks. That was but one of the issues bringing the international markets to their prospective knees, another being the collapse of the Auto Industry parallel the banking failure. Major reason Auto collapsed; it couldn’t compete anymore because of legacy costs tied mostly to health care for retired and present day employees of the industry. Candidate Obama mentioned this several times along the way to the White House. It appears he’s forgotten a very relevant and directly connected to the economy today and the future.

The President Obama should revisit some of the positions taken by the Candidate again as this battle is directly related to the overall health of the United States economy now and more importantly, in the future. It has been stated over and over again in no uncertain terms that one of the most consistently overwhelming legacy cost for any American car or any other type of company competing with one product per country or many, no other had the added cost of health care because it is provided everywhere else. How is it that the Republicans who are supposed to be pro-business and anti taxation, have a problem with bringing down the cost of operating their business in competition with others fairly. They again are attacking an attempt to resolve what has become a burgeoning expense for many except the wealthy to include local, national and international businesses originating in America to allow one segment of business namely the insurance companies to treat all of us more fairly with their pricing. Attack the government for attempting to resolve the legacy costs of competition for the business community of all American companies. No one is using the former ‘Candidate’s position of making America a leader in the world of business again as well’, not even the Democrats.

Bush may have given the ‘get along attempt’ after a month or two, but it would not have lasted for as long as it has with Obama, and no one in his party would be threatening him with jack! He didn’t tolerate that kind of disloyalty within the rank and file membership of the Republican Party. He decided to go to war with Iraq and many within his own party thought that it was a bad idea. He made them tow the party line, and all your saw was support when interviews took place. Then, they accused anyone who opposed them of being un-patriotic or either advocating for the enemy, if not outright aiding and abetting them. They brow beat and hammered the Democrats through the next two election cycles with that same consistent theme; the opposition was weak on ‘National Security’ and weak on ‘Defense of our interest’. I believe that unless the President assumes a more aggressive tact and garnering the support he needs for passage of health insurance legislation, he may only achieve exactly what the Republican would most gleefully be ecstatic about; namely slamming this Black Presidents administration with such an major policy failure to the point of making him an lame duck for the rest of his tenure in office. May another black never seek this office again.

President Barack Obama is showing eloquence beyond his years with his patience in dealing with the Republicans on the most important issue facing this nation at this particular time in history after nearly having the world almost bottom out financially. He obviously came in with a lot already on his plate before he could attempt to serve up something in the best interest of those who sent him to Washington. What I don’t understand is; where are all the ‘Big Three Auto Company’ executives who were screaming about legacy costs of doing business including what is owed to pensioners related to health care continuing raising percentage over time? Why are they not screaming in defense of the need of this type of legislation as a means of reigning in this spiraling aspect of doing business in our society? We all know that the ‘Blue Dog Democrats” are essentially nothing more than Republicans who could no longer get into office under that banner in that particular district and switched over for convenience sakes. They by their very nature are still making decisions based in opposition to the warm fuzzy; we have to take care of each other approach to our problems that the Democrats are known for having. They come from districts with the same frame of mind and heart.

Former President Bush wouldn’t hesitate to hold fund raising support at the national level from those type of members in his party and maybe threaten them with campaigning against them in ‘other’ ways, meaning seemingly neutral advertising implying who knows what by radio and the well known outlet for the Party; the media talk show hosts. Transparency may mean letting the world know some people are putting their personal ambitions before that of saving the very industries that made the country into the powerhouse that America has become. He has got to tell the people that the Republicans don’t care if everyone does well in America, they don’t care if only some people have access to all the good that this country has to offer its citizens. The President has got to let the people know that the Republicans feel party loyalty is more important than national security that is directly tied to this country’s financial stability, as they so strenuously claim all the time. He has to tell America that the Republicans are not being very ‘Patriotic’.

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