Gee, What Could go Wrong Here?

The United States is facing a potential overhaul of the health care system that would take a step toward a single-payer system that many in Congress have supported in the past (as has President Obama, by the way). To ignore that a single-payer system is not the goal is to ignore virtually every signal given by Democratic leadership concerning health care in the past.

This bill is to be written by a committee that has Charlie Rangel (who suggested to an inquisitive visitor to D.C.: “Why don’t you mind your own G**d***ed business?” when questioned about his tax problems) as its chair, signed into law by a president who smokes, bankrolled by an IRS headed by a tax cheat (Timothy Geithner), and enforced by an administration that has this to its credit in staffing:

1) Timothy Geithner: Secretary of the Treasury - Failed to pay about $40,000 in payroll taxes…oh Timothy!
2) Bill Richardson: Secretary of Commerce Nominee - Evidence of pay-to-play politics…doh!
3) Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State - Husband’s foundation has received donations from a wide variety of international sources…oopsie
4) Tom Daschle: Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee - Failed to disclose more than $300,000 in income in addition to a car and driver for three years…aw, shucks, Tom!
5) Kathleen Sibelius: Secretary of Health and Human Services - A list of “unintentional errors” led to a tally of nearly $7,000 being owed in back taxes over a space of three years…whoops!
6) Hilda Solis: Secretary of Labor Nominee - Nearly $6,400 tax lien for failure of husband paying for taxes relating to his business…doh!
7) Nancy Killefer: Chief Performance Officer Nominee - Nearly $950 tax lien for failure to pay property taxes from back in 2005…doh!

What could go wrong with this? If Cash for Clunkers is any indication, then the estimates of this plan may have to be tripled and the staffing may have to be tripled in order to accommodate this new program.

No problems here, though. No reason to debate it, just pass it and worry about it later!