Major Victory for America
No, we’re not talking about the health care reform bill. While the defeat of the public option did create a system where every American will be forced to put money in the pockets of our good friends in the health insurance industry, lobbyists were unable to remove language that restricts their ability to abuse their subscribers.
The greatest victory for Congress and our corporate allies came in the form of a Supreme Court decision this January, described by President Obama as “a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans.” Can the Supreme Court’s choice to allow corporations to spend unlimited sums on political campaigns for or against candidates really live up to such high praise? Yes it can.
While the health insurance industry may have been unfortunately unable to drown out the voices of average Americans suffering under the current health care system despite spending over 5.5 million dollars over the last month of the debate on ad campaigns, there is hope. As election season rolls around, insurance companies and other corporations that feel threatened by the new laws and the tone of the debate in Washington will now be able to spend as much as they want on making sure only the right people get re-elected. And perhaps after this harsh lesson individual politicians will learn that they can either have those millions of dollars in ad campaigns working for them, or against them.
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Posted: March 25th, 2010 under Default.
Comment from manoo
Time May 21, 2010 at 9:46 pm
I agree with you that the major Victory for America is “a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans.” as President Obama said.