It looks like Obama's healthcare is evolving into extortion

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The amount of disinformation flying around the stratosphere about this issue is beyond belief. I'm wondering if most of the so-called conservatives who whine and b***h like 5-year-olds needing a nap about everything Obama says or does are simply following the lead of their main whiner Rush Limbaugh in hoping that the president fails. That's real patriotism for you ... hoping that the leader of your country "fails".

These Limbaugh-lovers jump from one BS issue to the next ... one day it's that he's not "really an American". The next day it's that "he's in league with Islamic terrorists". The next day it's something else. Do they care that none of those ridiculous accusations haven't the slightest basis in fact? Nope, not them. Hell, tomorrow's another day ... plenty of time to fabricate some new asinine accusation.

We even have some right-wing whacko minister praying that Obama dies. You conservatives really want this nut-case in your camp? If you do, then you're one taco short of a combo meal, just like he is.

For once I agree with the OP.

The purpose of this bill is not to bring good quality medical aid to everyone. Instead it is a cynical attempt to reduce the healthcare costs of big business. The cost for them not to insure there workers is capped at $400 (and only payable if the employee gets a tax credit for taking out their own insurance)far cheaper than providing health care. Workers who choose not to (or cannot) buy insurance would be punished at a far higher rate. Under the Baucus plan, for those with incomes between 100 percent and 300 percent of the poverty level—$10,830 for an individual and $22,050 for a family of four—the penalty for not having coverage would be $750 a year per person, with a maximum penalty of $1,500 for a family.

In a nutshell A market of private insurers will be set up to offer substandard health plans. Individuals will be required to buy insurance and potentially will be fined thousands of dollars if they do not. Employers will find it easier to ditch employer-provided health coverage, thus boosting corporate profits. At the same time, the ultimate aim is to phase out or cut government spending on entitlement programs particularly Medicare, which, under the pretext of eliminating “waste” and “inefficiencies,” will be subject to immediate cuts.

Obama is far from progressive, he is not a socialist, and this health care reform has the underprivileged in its sights in an attempt to boost corporate profits

Claire Ed does have a point, our taxes may be higher than yours (from memory ours ranges between 20 - 35%) but as he states this increased tax burden is not just to support health care, it also goes towards housing, unemployment benefits, and other social rebates. The top rate of Tax used to be 48% but that was only on very high incomes, and to be honest there is a direct correlation between the lowering of the maximum tax rate and destruction of services. BTW our sales tax is 10% which I think is comparable to yours?

I think people are slowly starting to wake up and realize that Obama is not the miracle worker they thought he was going to be.

I also think people set the bar way too high when electing a President, who doesn't call the shots anyway. I think people saw Obama as the "anti-Bush", rather than focused on his issues.

Regardless of peoples' views, Congress makes the laws, not the President.