Let me give you a lesson in reality. First of all do not dignify this POS as healthcare reform because it is not. 73% of the American people oppose it. If the Rats pass this they will get killed in November 2010 and in 2012. The Congress can refuse to fund Obozocare cut it out of the budget entirely. Parts of this disgrace are unconsitutional and will be challenged. The SCOTUS is no friend of Obozo and will gladly stick it to him with a red hot poker.
And your basis for your “reality” lesson is? How about you take a dose of your own medicine:
The Democrats will pass it, it has been a goal of the Left for 70 years. They learned in the 90s that you cannot “waste the opportunity” and the more Marxist wing will push it through. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are all on record as stating they will push this through this Spring (the sooner the better).
It is self-funded as taxation runs the system, meaning that you have to repeal the taxes since re-appropriation/redirection of those tax receipts would also require an act of Congress. So the bill will have its tax income, and that income is dedicated to the purpose of the tax. And you know we are guaranteed a Presidential veto of any repeal or change of the law, and the GOP will not have enough votes to overcome a veto.
It doesn’t matter that the majority of people are against it; if it is passed now, the majority of people will have forgotten about it at election time, or decided “hey, it was passed, I’ve seen nothing wrong” because they are too stupid to realize it’s a long-term issue. The blowback from this will be minimal.
A constitutional challenge is possible, but that’s a multi-year type effort; you won’t see it before the Supreme Court until the next Presidential election, for no other reason the SC would not want to take it up in President Obama’s first term for fear of being seen as activist or partisan.
Do not take my preparation for the coming fiasco as support for it; rather, I fully believe the saying “hope for the best but prepare for the worst”. And all indications are that this will pass, the worst will come true.