Well the old health care number was about 30% of my bill was paying for someone who did not pay for their care. Hell I support the concept but I prefer the truth and truth is this new thing may or may not work BUT it is not funded properly. At least something got out the door now it will be fix it time.

I look at things a little differently. I am old enough that I doubt I will be around 10 years from now and my grave site is paid for! Your ideas are valid as well as DV's, everyone's ( well GH is a little out there needs to read some history a bit ) and that is the point. The federal government can not continue down the road it is on. More taxes they are coming to be sure but where and how will be the fight, budget cuts, well this is the key. A better way to say it is a reprioritization. Our elected representatives will have to for the first time since WWII bite the bullet and do their job.

The states are the same. Citizens want this, want that, fix this, save that, fine with me they have to balance there budgets. Well sorta as the main thing about the stimulus monies was they ended up being used as funds to keep the states from going under which would have been a mess. I don't have the answer but but I do know this. This thing of government spending money like a drunken sailor is coming to an end.