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Mrs. Sonrise, baby Sonrise and myself attended our town hall meeting hosted by representative Bob Ingliss here in Greenville. We are a pretty conservative area, but the left was well represented at this meeting; about 15-20% seemed to support Obamacare. It was really a lot of fun, and it did get heated at times; but hey, that's democracy at it's finest.
The biggest highlight of the evening was an 85 year old man, identifying himself as Helmut. He said that he came from East Germany, then West Germany and then emigrated to the "greatest country in the world", as he put it. Helmut said that he's terrified that Obama is taking this country to the socialist past that he left. This was received with a standing ovation and cheers. Someone commented that Europe is seeing the error of their healthcare and enacting reforms and I yelled out "and Obama is trying to be more like Europe" and got a lot of laughs and nods of agreement. A resounding theme was that businesses would stop insuring their employees if their was a government option, which would skyrocket the costs.
I was able to make a comment and I said that government couldn't get DMV, the post office, cash for clunkers, etc. right, how on earth are we to trust our health with them. I also pointed out that Hawaii tried to have universal healthcare for all children, and had to shut down the program after only 7 months because almost every parent that had health insurance for their kids canceled their policy when they realized that they could get it for "free" from the state; and they were hemorrhaging money. I said, now imagine that on a nationwide scale.
Al in all, it was a pretty cool experience, there were two really kooky women; one on the left and one on the right, no party has a monopoly on kooks. Like the tea party I attended in April, I experienced democracy first hand and really felt proud.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot; Congressman Ingliss asked for a show of hands of how many people in the audience said that healthcate reform was needed and it appeared that 100%of the audience raised their hands; which dispelled the lie that we on the right don't want reform, we want it, just not government run reform. He also asked how many people felt that we nned insurance to get rid of the "pre-existing condition" issue, and about 90% raised their hands, myself included.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot; Congressman Ingliss asked for a show of hands of how many people in the audience said that healthcate reform was needed and it appeared that 100%of the audience raised their hands; which dispelled the lie that we on the right don't want reform, we want it, just not government run reform. He also asked how many people felt that we nned insurance to get rid of the "pre-existing condition" issue, and about 90% raised their hands, myself included.
Then why did the Republicans do Nothing about reform when they were in control? By the way, it was good to see your face in person (you're younger than I thought. Cute family!)...
He's against it; although he did say that he believes that government should "mandate" it, to help lower the costs. That really concerned me, as the words conservative and government mandate seem oxymoronic to me.
Which healthcare bill does Rep. Ingliss support and what were his arguments on supporting it?
If he doesn't support healthcare reform, why doesn't he?
Did he say anything about the health exchange?
How about co-ops? Does he support them?
Mrs. Sonrise, baby Sonrise and myself attended our town hall meeting hosted by representative Bob Ingliss here in Greenville. We are a pretty conservative area, but the left was well represented at this meeting; about 15-20% seemed to support Obamacare. It was really a lot of fun, and it did get heated at times; but hey, that's democracy at it's finest.
The biggest highlight of the evening was an 85 year old man, identifying himself as Helmut. He said that he came from East Germany, then West Germany and then emigrated to the "greatest country in the world", as he put it. Helmut said that he's terrified that Obama is taking this country to the socialist past that he left. This was received with a standing ovation and cheers. Someone commented that Europe is seeing the error of their healthcare and enacting reforms and I yelled out "and Obama is trying to be more like Europe" and got a lot of laughs and nods of agreement. A resounding theme was that businesses would stop insuring their employees if their was a government option, which would skyrocket the costs.
I was able to make a comment and I said that government couldn't get DMV, the post office, cash for clunkers, etc. right, how on earth are we to trust our health with them. I also pointed out that Hawaii tried to have universal healthcare for all children, and had to shut down the program after only 7 months because almost every parent that had health insurance for their kids canceled their policy when they realized that they could get it for "free" from the state; and they were hemorrhaging money. I said, now imagine that on a nationwide scale.
Al in all, it was a pretty cool experience, there were two really kooky women; one on the left and one on the right, no party has a monopoly on kooks. Like the tea party I attended in April, I experienced democracy first hand and really felt proud.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot; Congressman Ingliss asked for a show of hands of how many people in the audience said that healthcate reform was needed and it appeared that 100%of the audience raised their hands; which dispelled the lie that we on the right don't want reform, we want it, just not government run reform. He also asked how many people felt that we nned insurance to get rid of the "pre-existing condition" issue, and about 90% raised their hands, myself included.
It's good to hear democracy is still alive and well in this country.
Your story wouldn't make it to the MSM..only the roudy ones do and that is giving Americans the impression that ALL townhalls are like that.
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Why didn't you say, "hi"?
