While We Were Arguing...

Roosevelt The First (President Theodore) was determined to build the Panama Canal. He was getting a lot of resistance from Congress (things never change). The following is not a quote but it is close, so I will use single quotes ... 'It seems that Congress does not want to build the canal. They only want to argue about building the canal for fifty years. I'm going to build the canal and let them argue about me for fifty years.'

The same can be said about our current situation with the Health Care "Crisis"...

• We hear about how much it is gonna cost.
• We hear what it's gonna cost is too much cost.
• We hear that it is not gonna be that bad because "they" have found a way to save money that is currently being frittered away in waste, fraud and abuse in our current system.
• Various numbers have been thrown around (Congress is very good about throwing numbers around) ... $313 Billion or a Trillion or so (give or take a few Billions or so) ... "a significant sum" ... etc.

Here is what the Smartfella? thinks ... If we have found how to save all this money, why to we have to wait to pass Health Care Reform to save all this money? Why can't we start saving all this money right now and argue about Health Care Reform for the next fifty years or so?

If Theodore were alive, he would be turning over in his grave.

Would I kid u?