RK77

That makes one of you! I am long winded but I hope you understand that I am "from the heart".

I am going to divide this over several posts and give you a chance to absorb a bit.

HOW do the people take the government back! How does that change happen.

INFORMED CONSENT

We forcus of the bullshit the press laps up because the critical info that we really need to make determinations is being systematically and intentionally kept from us.

Obama has proposed:

1) A more transparent process---the example he has used twice in debates is Healthcare. He suggests that by televising all discussions and votes with regard to healthcare on c-span (giving the people a seat at the table) MUCH of what the politicians would otherwise do behind closed doors will change.

For example (mine not Obama's)--If the people of Massechusets had been able to watch the debates regarding their now in effect mandated Healthcare I doubt that they would have agreed to a $150.00 per month penalty for NOT being insured after one year.

I think the people would have asked WHY should premiums be increased based on how long it took you to sign up. I think the people would have asked WHY the insurance industry claims that it costs several thousand dollars for people to change plans (the argument they make for locking people into plans then changing all the rules).

I think the people would ask WHY should the insurance companies be allowed to change policies for coverage AFTER the patient has payed into a plan for some time. ( Like: when you made the agreement you had covered doctors visits and NOW office visits aren't covered).

These are the sorts of unbelievably ABSURD things that the public would NEVER agree to!! I make a deal with you, pay you, and you get to determine which clauses of our original deal you will honor ---AT WILL?? Who would agree to that?

If you contact your representatives someone in their office will kindly explain to you that "compromises" had to occur and blame the other party. Even with what you can see on C-span now you can tell that is BULLSHIT!

When you know who said what about what (not the prepared speeches from the floor before they vote---the debates in committees as the bills are being contructed)--YOUR vote can be a much more informed one.

It tremendously dilutes the influence of the lobbyists! SURE they can get the politicians to shift their way when some thin veil of protection or a complex series of lies that you have no way to confirm are available to them. What do you think would happen if that politician was on video tape arguing that people should pay a $150.00 per month penalty for something? I don't think they have the balls to look their voters in the eye and agree to OBVIOUS bullshit like that.