Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) on Saturday chose to vote yes for the healthcare bill in the Senate soon after she was promised $100 million for her state. According to her however the figure is more like $300 million in FEDERAL funds. She "sold" her vote. Is this the kind of people we want running our government. In arguable the most important piece of legislation in our generation at least one Senator cannot vote without money changing hands. What a sad state of our Congress.
In other areas I can understand these kinds of tactics displayed, but when something is so vitally important to our nation, which everyone on both side of this issue agree, why do we have to auction our vote and sell it to the highest bidder?
If this bill is argued in the Senate and more compromises and "auctions" made for votes it will do nothing but add to the final price tag. These are things never mentioned in the mainstream media.
As of now the bill is estimated to reach into the hundreds of BILLIONS and yesterday $300 million was added to the final price tag, even though on paper it is not there.
Is this the sign of our times, or just politics? Either way it is wrong. People who are motivated by money are in leadership. Is socialism not far behind? What happened to principle driven people? President Obama promised to bring CHANGE to Washington, it sure seems like the same thing all over again, just a higher price tag!!
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