The Democrats are amazingly frank at the true objective of passing health care legislation. Here is Nancy Pelosi as quoted The Plum Line Blog (via Hot Air):
Pelosi said passing the bill would allow Dems to undertake a “debate” with Republicans over “what is the balanced role that government should have.”
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“I have no intention of not passing this bill,” Pelosi said.Pelosi also sought to reassure those unhappy with the Senate bill by stressing that future legislation would follow, suggesting that after they passed this legislation Dems might try to do away with the insurance industry’s antitrust exemption, among other unnamed initiatives.
“Kick open that door, and there will be other legislation to follow,” she said. “We’ll take the country in a new direction.”
Pelosi said that failure for Dems was unthinkable. “If we don’t pass the bill, how do we explain that to the American people?” she asked. “We as Democrats with two Houses and the White House could not make this historic decision to go forward?”
Recall what other Democrats have said about their ultimate goal of having a single-payer (i.e. nationalized) health care system:
If opponents of Obamacare become complacent, Pelosi, Reid and Obama will get this passed. We need to continue to keep up the pressure on Democratic Congressmen who voted against Obamacare in November and Stupak Democrats who have said that they cannot support federal funding of abortion included in the Senate bill.
There are many people working to defeat this bill. Hugh Hewitt has the most comprehensive approach on his blog and on his radio show. Read “Endgame: Melt The Phones. E-mails By The Millions. Contributions To Key Challengers, Beginning With Tim Burns” and then act today!
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