Health Scare

Have you heard the latest health care news? The politicians went from having a public option, meaning cheap insurance from the government, to x-ing that out, and instead now they want to fine people 3- 4K a year if they don't have health insurance. So now some shmo making $5.00 an hour is supposed to come up with the money for his health insurance if the employer doesn't put into it. With the economy sucking, gas and food having gone way up, rents having gone up, and no cheap government insurance option, where is this dude supposed to come up with the money? This sounds like another plan from people who have always had money and don't have a clue what a low budget is. Their idea of thrift is they bought a Bentley instead of a Rolls. Not to mention the politicians have the very best health and retirement benefits, financed on the backs of the taxpayers of course. How about we start off any "reform", by making the politicians buy their own health care, with no cost of living increase in their salaries to pay for it. They should just leave the system as it is if all they can do is try to strongarm working poor people into buying expensive private health insurance.