ObamaCare Causing Problems in the Democratic Party

President Obama’s plan for universal health care is slowly becoming less appealing to the general public. Only last week was it reported that now only 49% of the population approves his handling of health care whereas 44% disapprove. He is slowly becoming outnumbered on all fronts and frankly it does not look plausible for him to get the Universal Health Care Bill passed through congress. More bad news came on his front as last week Democratic governors from Colorado, Tennessee, New Mexico and Washington joined GOP colleagues at the National Governors Association summer meeting to blast the administration for plans to shift millions of families into Medicaid. This is becoming a reoccurring theme as many doubt that the American Government can afford to take on such a burden like Universal Health Care, especially with the huge deficit we already have. That could stick states with $440 billion in new costs over the next decade. Though what I think could be a final blow to his plan recently came from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf, who said last week that the White House’s health-care proposals would not “reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount.” This shattered the central claim Mr. Obama has been making: that his health-care plan controls costs. All signs show that any form of Universal Health Care will increase the U.S. deficit of $239 billion over 10 years something many don’t believe can be justified. I personally am against any form of Universal Health Care. That’s likely a low-ball estimate because it assumes that Congress will increase taxes by $583 billion over the next decade. To help pay for Obamacare they have proposed to raise taxes on the rich, Americans making $280,000 a year or more. The main target however for higher taxes will be small business owners. Great, huh? No better way to ruin the economy than to help destroy small business yet Obama continues to break the back of all small business owners. This tax hike is causing distress among the Democratic Party. Of the 39 newly elected house members, 21 voted down the tax hike. Obama’s answer was that it would only force the rich to pay “a little bit more.” However when do we stop burdening the rich with all the costs to support the poor? Plus why does the middle class (the majority of small business owners are middle class) have to take on more burdens to as they are already struggling as it is. The Health Care plan has just caused more and more problems and ultimately I don’t think it will get passed or if it does it won’t be a unanimous decision. The bill is causing a split among the Democratic Party recently theDemocratic National Committee is now running ads pressuring Democrats to vote for the president’s health-care plans. Especially pushing ads in districts of senators and house members that opposed the bill. It is hard to think of a more obvious sign of weakness than attacking members of your own party. It will be an interesting sight to see how this all pans out. Obama will sure be giving his full on fight however will it be worth it if he loses the support of his own party.