health care bill- booo

So, the senate is getting pretty close to passing this health care reform bill, and I have to say, as a libertarian and fan of free markets, I am not a fan of a system that mandates insurance. As crazy as it might be, I think its your right to determine whether or not you need to insure your own health. I do not know what the answer is per se, but I do know that the U.S. government administering anything (especially an enterprise of this size) is usually not the best call. Furthermore, there is more pork in that bill than in entire state of Arkansas for that matter, with kickbacks going all over the place.

I realize that this "business as usual" for DC, but I am pretty tired of it. At this stage of the game, I would much rather see the federal government throwing all of its effort into fixing unemployment and education, along with helping small businesses, than meddling around with insurance. What America needs to realize is that the wealthy aren't going to help pay for this plan: most of their income comes from investments, which are immune to payroll taxes; and the lower classes can't pay for it, so the middle class gets stuck, as usual, holding the bag. What a bunch of rubbish. We need to stand up for ourselves.