Obama's State of the Union Address and HEALTH CARE:

Will they still have clinics??? I can not afford to buy insurance. What is he gonna do imprision people for not buying what they do not afford???

I presume that it is like Canada in that if you are on welfare or social security, you get your health care paid for. I guess that is the government health care, but the rest of you have to pay for private health care. Up here we get a basic health care for everyone, but the rest we pay for. The exception is that if you have a very critical illness like als or cancer, but then they get much of the moneys through donations. Forcing people to buy health care is wrong. Yes the homeless cannot afford health insurance. And since they do not have fixed addresses, they cannot evne qualify for social security. What does Obama expect these people to do? Conveniently die?

If things are even 1/10th true in politics, they're hardcore facts. It all depends on where you stand. It's a very dirty game, and the person telling whole truths is always the oddity. My thoughts on healthcare reform have always been the same: Maybe if the government cleaned up its act, people would be more favorable of government fixes to problems. Just ask Native Americans how government-controlled healthcare is working out for them. But hurry. They're dying pretty damn young, and government spends more money per person to insure them than someone would pay for their entire family with private insurance. The biggest problem I see with the healthcare issue is government. Obama and people of his ilk truly, honestly, wholeheartedly believe that government should intercede and fix problems in this country from the highest level down. But they're oblivious to the fact that enormous government and endless bureaucracy is the biggest enabler of fraud and waste in the country. They could force everyone to buy health insurance. They could tax capital gains at 60% and income of millionaires at 80%. They could shut down loopholes. They could end the wars. But at the end of the day, they would still waste money. They would still mismanage everything. As to Obama's SOTU - I heard nothing different from his last dozen speeches. Just more people standing and applauding and getting flustered when he speaks. That particular aspect of Obama isn't going away any time soon. He can still bring out the emotion in people. He's like the Beatles of American Presidents. But he also seems to believe that America's system in even having a President is a bit flawed. His tone and his actions seem to paint him as a man who would appreciate a role as dictator. Not that he'd be an evil one. I won't paint him with that brush. But he certainly seems the type that wants government to control the nation.