Jeebus H. Christ, it didn’t take long for the scope of ObamaCare to swell up like the ankles of a carnival fat lady after a day at work! ObamaCare isn’t even law yet, but Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) explains it all for us plainer than Sr. Mary Ignatius ever dared.
Despite the crappy housing market, the health care reform bill currently being debated in the Senate is only a “starter home,” you see. We’ve got to leverage the country into an unaffordable McMansion ASAP. Talking to the lefty Iowa Independent, the Daniel Ortega– and bee pollen-loving senator, gives a disturbing metaphor about the real goals of this historic (hysteric?) legislation:
“What we are buying here is a modest home, not a mansion. What we are getting here is a starter home. It’s got a good foundation: 30 million Americans are covered. It’s got a good roof: A lot of protections from abuses by insurance companies. It’s got a lot of nice stuff in there for prevention and wellness. But, we can build additions as we go along in the future. It is a starter home. Think about it in that way.”
Suffice it to say that this is exactly (and presciently!) why we titled our latest Reason.tv video “ObamaCare and Mission Creep: Why health care reform will end up covering much more than you think.” (Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions.)
Forget snowballs–throw that at your nearest representative.
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