True most politicians only say what they think will get them the votes. Which is why we as voters need to pay attention to what these politicians are saying, not what the media is flooding the airwaves with.

Well first off Social Security is the one agency that is not broke, but instead is owed by all the government agencies that have taken from it's funds. As for the health care, lets get serious how many of us have actually read the 65 thousand page health care reform that the Obama administration has ccompiled? Better yet how many of our congressmen have read all the documents?

well both parties just say things for votes and both only due things for there own profit.
so how bout we all make an effort to affiliate are selves with third parties. new, better parties need to come somehow.

We've already established that both parties suck. I find myself generally supporting the social initiatives of democrats as opposed to republicans. Financially, both parties are a mess.

Once agains I feel compelled to point out the democratic congress has repeatedly renewed the Patriot Act.

i was actually referring to there morals more then anything and many republican representatives aren't really conservatives.

They certainly do what's right when they start a war through lies and deceit, they "rebuild" Iraq through the fraud filled contracts handed out to Blackwater and Halliburton, they force a bill through congress under the name "Patriot Act" knowing full well there isn't an elected official with the political will to vote against the bill in the panic filled atmosphere that followed 9/11. That bill has systematically chipped away at our constitutional rights, something the conservatives in this party claim that Barack Obama is working to undermine. I can say that reading that post at least made me chuckle a bit, so that was a positive for me.

i need to clarify on "conservatives due whats right(most of the time), liberals due whats popular." i meant the politicians in charge not people in the democrat party.

the doctors i want in charge would be doctors elected by doctors. those elected doctors jobs would be to make reviews of health insurance policies and remove parts that are unclear ,then publicize the review. they would not be able to add to an insurance policy or accept money from insurance companies or political parties.

"conservatives due whats right(most of the time), liberals due whats popular."

Is this a serious line? I simply don't know what to say to something like this...

In regards to Mushy, no company should make over 1.2 billion in one single quarter while at the same time raising premiums, capping clients, and denying coverage for "experimental" or "pre-existing" conditions. THEY ARE LINING THEIR POCKETS AT THE EXPENSE OF AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR GOD SAKES! I don't care if its 3.3% or not. Consumers need to know that when they pay their premiums they will be treated justly, and that their health will be the top priority of their insurance company. Unfortunately, such is simply not the case right now...

We sit here and argue about whether or not the poor little insurance companies will survive reform...Well, to be honest, after their extremely shady practices, I don't care if they do or not. The fact is, health care is and always should be about the American people. Americans who pay their premiums on time should be taken care of in the worst of times; Americans who cant afford coverage or are not offered such benefits by their employers should not live in constant fear of getting sick and going bankrupt; Americans who have been laid off and lost their benefits should not be forced to live in fear; Americans who live in such a wealthy country should at the very least look out for each other - every other industrialized nation does it. Why cant we?