Congress is Back in Washington

Guard your wallets—Congress is back in session, and their top priority right now is health care reform.

 

A majority of voters say that limiting malpractice awards will reduce health care costs.  That's the only thing that will never be considered, because the trial lawyers are too important as a constituency for the Democrats.

 

At least 23 Democrats are expressing their opposition to the health care reform plans.  Of course, at this point we don't even know what will be in there, except that it will mean more government.  The President yesterday said he still wants a government option for insurance.

 

Obama is open to the idea of a "sin tax" to pay for their health care takeover.  In the Senate, where a government option can't pass, they are considering a $3,800 fine for anybody who doesn't get health insurance.

 

The French government is trying to figure out how to handle their growing health care deficit.

 

The United States, for the first time since this has been measured, has fallen out of the top spot as the most competitive economy in the world.  Our debt level, which now must be raised, is one of the contributing factors to this.

 

Also related to the crushing amount of national debt is the fact that China is worried about the amount of money being printed to sustain the government's spending spree and the United Nations wants to replace the dollar with a new global currency.

 

When President George H.W. Bush gave a speech to students in 1991, Congressional Democrats had hearings and investigations.  Like all things in politics, it's different when it's their guy.

 

Former Green Jobs Czar Van Jones apparently never filled out a White House questionnaire during his vetting.  A former Bush White House lawyer says that the reality was probably either that Jones lied or that somebody in the Obama administration knew about Jones and still wanted him in the administration.

 

A plurality of Americans says that labor unions weaken America.