You know, I am trying to be fair and not too partisan. Honestly, I do think we need a healthy opposition (which is not the current Republican Party) and I try not to blindly follow Obama or the Dems over a cliff even though I am liberal. But she wanted to talk about two bills she had a real problem with. Cap & Trade and the Healthcare bill.
She told me that she read both bills. Like actually read the bills. I haven't because I've been too distracted and have had my own frustrations to deal with. But she said that with Cap & Trade, the issue is that they would mandate people to refit their homes with solar panels, and new, green technology with their own money and that the Government would choose homes randomly to inspect based on that. And if the homes fail to meet inspection then the Government could give you a window and if you fail to do what they want you to, they kick you out of your home.
Then on the Health Care bill, she said that it looks like Kaiser, only worse. Government could deny you care. But you Have to be on an insurance program, or you would be fined. Honestly, I never liked that. It's one of the problems I had with Hilary's platform. Also, she said that Obama made some remark about how when people get older that you sometimes have to let them go.
You know, I haven't read the bills. I'm planning on doing so later this weekend, but I needed to vent right now. Personally, I don't think it's 100% what you read, but it is also how you interpret them. If she is right (even partially) I think there's some problem. I definitely agree with the intent of what we're doing here, and I don't know if my mom is right. She has gotten more conservative and on two points she has lost a lot of credibility with me. 1) Seemed to think Obama might be a Muslim (please) 2) She seemed to like Sarah Palin.
If she starts with the birther conspiracy theories, I'm done. But, I was wondering if anybody had any insight into these bills. The thing is, I don't enjoy discussing politics with my mother and I try to avoid the whole "blindly follow the leader" thing that she's concerned I might fall into. And maybe to vent my frustrations over this. Please don't flame me.