Topic: Liberal Fascism
BaucusCare just made it out of committee, which has some (not all)progressives cheering. It's another small step, you see, along the road to socialized medicine.
But if you examine the details of the bill, it looks more like a stumble than a step. BaucusCare would spend close to $1 trillion over a period of ten years or so—yet we're told that it won't increase the deficit. So where's the money to come from? You and me.
Barack Obama promised that he would never, ever raise taxes on the middle class. The Baucus bill does just that. Democrats have long treated Medicare as a sacred cow, immune from even the smallest spending cut. The Baucus bill would slash Medicare spending by $500 billion. And with all this, the Baucus bill includes provisions for government rationing of health care—another supposed no-no, according to President Obama.
Maybe the Baucus bill will never make it through the long, arduous process of congressional approval, especially with the 2010 elections looming. On the other hand, maybe Democrats are so desperate to pass something on health care that they'll cut their own throats by enacting this atrocious legislation.
