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3:42 PM Friday, November 13, 2009

Recently, Nancy Pelosi dragged out a 1,990-page health care reform monstrosity that the Congressional Budget Office says will cost $1 trillion or more over the next 10 years.

What is actually in those 1,990 pages, and why does it take 1,990 pages to enact health care reform?

How many “surprises” have the Democrats hidden in those 1,990 pages? How many legislators have read or intend to read the entire document they will be voting on? Few to none, I would guess.

America’s health care system may not be perfect, but it is definitely not so bad that it has to be totally dismantled by the government like Dr. Frankenstein bringing a monster to life away from the prying eyes of ignorant villagers.

Now, Paul Krugman comes along and says that this House bill will actually reduce the federal deficit by $100 billion over the next decade.

The bottom line: the president wants a single-payer health care system.

What makes Krugman, Pelosi, and the president so confident that the government can effectively and efficiently run any program?

What government program has ever been run effectively and efficiently?

Those are the facts, and that is why this bill is a Frankenstein monster for this country, with our lives hanging in the balance.

Rocco Latino

Brookville

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