Reply #91: There's not much one person can do, beyond a certain point. Voting is the main thing. [View All]

The vote is the most important thing.

Beyond that...well, it doesn't make much difference. My Senators are far right Republicans. No number of calls or e-mails will have any effect; they vote the Republican way. Period.

Collectively, the lefters let it be known how they felt about the HCR. The WH knew it, Congress knew it. It made no difference. I'm not saying I don't see WHY the bill is the way it is. I do.

But once passed, I don't hear any Dems on the trail shouting out the bill's glories, do you? Once passed, it was almost never mentioned again...except by the Right.

I'm afraid that's because the HCR doesn't really do much, if anything, for most Americans. It doesn't affect me at all, benefit-wise. It only affects me in that it costs me. I don't begrudge having to pay for those who can't afford healthcare. But let's not try to pass the bill off as something that it's not. It really only affects the average American in that it costs us all. (They will start to tax my ins. coverage cost from my employer, I think, so I will have that added cost, above the other taxes.)