A Clean Sweep

As more dreck oozes out of the monumental cluster-fuck known as the Obama Healthcare Bill, I am again stunned by the "work" of our fine elected representatives in the House and Senate. 

You might recall that the bill weighed in at a staggering 2,000+ pages.  Did anyone know everything that was in the bill?  Of course not.  We were reassured that we would deal with individual problems associated with this legislation as they arose.

So here are just a couple of things that have come to light:

• A 3.6% tax on the capital gains in the sale of your residence.  Assume you sell your home and have a $200,000 gain.  Suddenly, Obama-Care is the receipient of $7,200!
• A requirement for all businesses to file 1099s on all vendors where the company has spent $600 during the business year.

Absurd!  Staples, Starbuck's, Von's, Time Warner, AT&T, San Diego Gas & Electric, Barnes & Nobel, Amazon, a number of cigar stores...I figure that I will have issue about 50 1099s.  For what purpose?  Will Staples, on the receiving end of millions of these forms, need to hire an army of people to process them...and again, to be perfectly redundant, for what purpose.

So, I have a new political outlook.  My voting pattern will be simple.  If you're currently in, you're out.  Republican, Democract, Independent, it doesn't matter.  Whether or not I like you, your views, or even know you personally, you are O-U-T.  That's the only message the electorate can send that will truly resonate in Washington.  Let's give them a dose of what this economy is really all about.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if 468 numb-nuts were suddenly unemployed on November 3rd?  (That's all 435 members of the House and the 33 or so Senators standing for re-election.)

When I share this view to friends in my rare political discussions I always get push back.  Always in the manner of "Well, what about Mr. X?  He's a good ___________ (fill-in-the-blank) and has always had our interests in mind."  Frankly, I don't care if Mr. X did have our best interests, and not his own, in mind.  OUT! No exceptions.  All means all.

Another argument is that then Congress would be filled with neophytes.  So what?  Can they do a worse job than the Moron Tabernacle Choir in there now?  Is there a single statesman in government, at any level?  (Maybe Robert Gates, maybe Hillary Clinton.) 

No, we would all be well served by being well served by someone else.