Mar 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The passing of President Obama’s Health Care Bill has left many Americans in shock. For the first time they are saying they understand what it is to have their desires and needs totally ignored in favor of the government’s will. While it was supposed to be a bi-partisan decision, not a single member of the opposing party voted in favor of the bill, and several members of the party in favor of the bill-voted against it.

Tom Delay stated that this was Congress’s total disregard of the American people and he has never seen anything like it. He added that Pelosi’s speech has left Congress held in the worst disregard in the history of the United States. “Not only did they not listen to the American people, they shredded and trashed the Constitution and then stood there on the floor of the house and lied to the American people…You didn’t see the Phoenix rising out of the ashes, you saw the Constitution being burned by the Democrats in the House of Representatives tonight.”

The speech by Pelosi, as well as her tactics to get representatives to vote in her and Obama’s favor has spawned a new cause known as “Fire Nancy Pelosi”. It seems to be the newest agenda of the Republican party, to get her out. Fire Nancy Pelosi.com is encouraging voters to replace many of the Democrats with Republicans in the upcoming fall elections, which would, of course result in “No Madame Speaker” or “Fire Nancy Pelosi.”

For those who may not understand how the process works in the United States, a very basic breakdown is this: the people of each state tell their representative what they want, and trust those representatives to go to Congress and voice their desires by voting the way they citizens wanted. However, with this bill, it is being said that many representatives voted against what the people wanted in order to get favors , such as better jobs, more representation, and such.

So what is the uproar about the bill? Well it is the first time in history that Americans have been forced to buy a service. It will now be mandatory for each and every citizen of the United States to buy health insurance, which many are explaining goes against the Constitution. The words of the Constitution says American people citizens be forced to buy something. If the citizen does not purchase the health insurance that is required by the government, then they will be fined up hefty amounts each year on their taxes. The government is so adamant about forcing the Americans to buy the service, that they are going to hire over 16,000 IRS agents to enforce the law. On a monthly basis, the government will watch to be sure that every American has government approved health insurance.

Many Americans who do not have health insurance at this time have no choice. They simply cannot afford it. Now they are wondering how they will pay for health insurance when they are barely able to pay their bills. Their thoughts are “How many Americans are now going to have to choose between buying the government required insurance, or having food on the table?” With many Americans out of work, the economy in a mess, the fact that this bill will raise taxes, force each citizen to buy something they may not be able to afford, and cut into Medicaid and such, seems very hard to understand.

The bill also favors abortion, allowing federal money to fund abortion, which many Americans are against. There are more spiritual voices rising against the bill as well. It is very much against may people’s religious beliefs to have an abortion, yet they are being forced to pay taxes that will fund the procedures. In the final hour the president did sign an Executive Order saying that no funds from the bill would be used for abortion. This persuaded several Democrats who were against abortion to change their “No” votes to a “yes.” About a half dozen House Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak worked to have abortion removed from the bill. That was the answer they got, and it was enough to change their vote. This is essential, since the bill was passed with a difference of only a few votes. If these Democrats had voted ‘no’ it is most likely that the bill would not have made it through. The odd fact about this is that an Executive Order is the word of a man. It will NOT override a law. The bill that has just passed is now a law, and the words in it which allow for the federal funds to pay for abortions, completely wipes out any Executive Order. Some are saying this means that order is of no more importance than a blog entry, or it isn’t worth the paper it is printed on. But it got the votes…

There are obviously many people in favor of this bill, and it is likely that those people will argue the points made here. Many are saying that the American voice was not against the bill and suggesting that only a few news sources are inciting panic by stating this was against what the citizens wanted. While there are admittedly many in favor of the bill, it was passed by only a few votes, which had been swayed in the last moments by an Executive Order which has no power over the bill. Add that to the fact that over 30 states have already announced that they intend to take action against the federal government to fight this bill and it seems this was not what the majority wanted. Virginia is state # 1 to say it will sue the government, because the bill goes against citizen rights given to them by the Constitution. Before the bill passed over 38 states had said they would do so. Within a few hours of the bill passing, over 30 states are already stepping up.

There are many other reasons that Americans are worried about this bill. It is cutting into the funds which help take care of the elderly and disabled by a huge amount. They are also afraid of the fact that it will cut into the deficit, which is already in crisis. Citizens also feel that it is just the beginning of the government taking over more and more of their rights and desires. It is very frightening to them to see that the government can pass a bill that the citizens were so against. In one Congresswoman, Marcha Blackburn’s words, “Freedom died a little bit today.”