In raising the question of whether Max Baucus is guilty of treason against the American people, I will try to be as brief and succinct as possible. However I do think it is a question worthy of consideration.
Fact: Max Baucus took an oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States.
Fact: The United States is a government of the people as proclaimed in the first words of the U.S. Constitition... "We the people of the United States of America:"
Fact: Max Baucus is the head of the Senate Finance Committee which is considering laws regarding health care in this country.
Fact: Max Baucus gets more contributions from the 'health care industry" than any other Democrat in the Senate or Congress. http://prorev.com/...
Fact: Max Baucus proposed an amendment to the health care bill which would include criminal penalties for the failure to obtain health insurance by any citizen of the United States including fines of up to $3800. A further amendment by Baucus proposed earlier this past week would include the possibility of criminal sentencing (jail time) for anyone refusing to obtain insurance as revealed by Keith Olberman on Countdown. Fortunately, this amendment failed miserably, but it was still attempted by Baucus. Thus attempting to use the powers of law enforcement at the expense of taxpayers to prosecute American unable or unwilling patronize his largest donors.
In short, Max Baucus has suggested that American citizens should be fined beyond reason or possibly incarcerated for not buying his largest political contributor's product.
The question now is whether this constitutes treason as defined by Mirriam Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/... as he plots to undermine the welfare of the American citizenry and engages in betrayal of the oath of office that he took.
Is it time to pull the punches on this kind of behavior or do we simply suck it up as we have for so long now. Even if it would prove to not hold up in court, I think it is a question worthy of consideration by the people of this country and certainly worth the embarrassment it would cause Max Baucus.
To state my case in 25 words or less, I feel that Baucus is trying to betray the people of this country in order to secure financial gain. What do you think?