As indicated in an my earlier post titled Rallying Against ObamaCare in Michigan, I attended a rally outside of the Troy, Michigan office of Congressman Gary Peters (D) Michigan. Prior to the start of this rally I had an opportunity to speak one of his staff. I’d like to elaborate a little on this cordial conversation. First off let me point out that the hundreds of citizens attending this rally were voicing their opposition to the government takeover of the American health care system. Congressman Peters was not available for the rally. I will give Mr. Peters the benefit of the doubt and not conclude that he was out of the office just to avoid the scrutiny of the rally. I should point out however that the staffer stated that Mr. Peters would not being holding any town hall meetings to discuss ObamaCare.

The conversation with the staffer was conducted in the shelter of Mr. Peters’ office which was physically located well away from the rally forming along the street outside. Along with the staffer and myself were about a half-dozen other concerned citizens. From the questions being asked I sensed that none in this group were happy about the thought of ceding control of their health care to nameless, faceless, and unaccountable government bureaucrats.

The staffer’s answers to two questions raised during this short question and answer session made a strong impression upon me. Actually let me restate this – the staffer’s non-answers to two questions were quite interesting. He would not say that Mr. Peters and his family would give up their current health insurance and be subject to the rules and regulations of ObamaCare. I interpreted his evasion as confirmation that the ruling class of our nation would not accept socialized medicine for their loved ones. I wonder which political allies of the ruling class will also be exempted. Where do I sign up to get an exemption?

The second question that generated a non-answer was why the federal government was requiring each citizen to provide access to their bank account information. Talk about big brother – this is big brother on steroids! Whatever happened to the right to privacy that was contained in the penumbras of our Constitution as indicated in the Roe v. Wade decision? Rather than provide an answer the staffer provided each citizen of a copy of “talking points” addressing so-called myths about HR 3200. I read the talking points and it unclear to me the extent to which big brother will have access to my financial information. However, something else caught my attention.

Page one of the talking points indicate that health care benefits will not be provided to illegal aliens. This is not the case. An amendment to HR 3200 which would have explicitly denied benefits to illegal aliens was voted down in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Politicians are a crafty bunch. They include some convoluted legal language that appears to indicate that illegals are not covered and then they vote down a specific amendment that seeks to clarify this. If ObamaCare does pass it will be up to the courts to interpret the meaning of this ambiguous legislation – you know what will happen then. The American Taxpayer will be stuck holding the bag. In light of this blatant misinformation I think I may send an email to the “Brown Shirts” at flag@whitehouse.gov. I do recall that the President requested American citizens use his website to report back to him anytime they hear of “fishy” information regarding his health plan. Hmm, is it also my duty to report my neighbor and his whacked out ideas about health care? Where do I turn in my neighbor regarding his whacked out ideas regarding Cap and Trade? Anyway, I’m sure the administration will take quick action to correct Mr. Peters’ mistake… LOL.

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