Are you pleased with the survival of the Health Care act? Do you like being called "duped"?

[avebury]

20. Yes and No.

While I would prefer single payer, at least it is a start. I work for a state agency and I saw some fellow employees go ballistic over the ruling. As I watched their rants (they were totally against and one railed about how constitutional it was and went on to rant about taxes being flat out unconstitutional and that there should be a revolution):

1. I looked at one lady and thought, if she did not work for the state and have the benefit of a decent health insurance she probably could not get insurance (she has cancer).
2. To the lady who ranted on taxes being unconstitutional I wanted to ask her if she is willing to give up her salary because her salary is paid by taxes. I also wanted to ask her how long it would take her to find a decent job with good insurance if she didn't have her state job. She also gets the benefit of financial aid for classes related to her job which is making it possible for to work on her college degree without having to incur college debt.
3. The only comment I made was that there will not be a revolution. If there was not one after the 2000 Supreme Court decision on the Presidential election there is not going to be one now. There is too much dumbing down of the education process and society in general, people are way to focused on idiotic reality shows, and they want to be able to buy way too much crap for as little as much money as possible. As long as the masses are pacified they aren't going to revolt. One of the ladies replied that she did agree with me on that point.

It is so irritating that people don't think the process through and don't understand that they are only cutting their own throats so to speak.