uber writes:
"Scaling back the power of Government to snoop into your life?"
Really? Like the provisions in FinReg that will allow the government access to all of your financial records without a warrant? How about the administration's desire to allow the FBI access to business and computer records without the need for a warrant? Has Obama or Pelosi repealed the Patriot Act?
"For making sure you can see a doctor when you are sick?"
There is no guarantee that you will see a doctor when you are sick. Yes, you will have insurance, but you may not see a doctor. In countries with universal health care, doctor shortages are legendary. The US already has a doctor shortage.
"For trying to get the American economy growing again?"
I...
Recent polls show that more than 70 percent of the public holds an unfavorable view of Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wins about a 10 percent approval rating; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has similarly rock-bottom poll numbers.
Why this astounding -- and growing -- disdain for our lawmakers? After all, Congress has had plenty of scandals and corruption in the past, such as the House post office and check-kiting messes the Charles Keating payoffs, and the Abscam bribery.
But lately, Congress seems not merely corrupt, but -- far more worrisome -- without apparent concern that...
Heck, we could write books on everything the government is doing to intrude into our lives, including the whole new neutrality scheme.