Coal In The Stocking

In Dickensian fashion, there will be coal in the stockings of many Americans following the Christmas holiday, but for others there will be a big, freshly roasted, fat goose provided by Senators Liberman, Nelson and others who have been agents, not of reform, but of the special interests including the insurance, pharmaceutical and financial industries, as well as parochial supporters.

We have learned that money talks, that Congressional votes flow in the direction dictated by lobbyists who direct political campaign funds, and that health reform is a fiction which was used by both major parties to atttract attention, political support and financing without any real intention of implementing serious health care reform that Americans expect and deserve.

For most Americans this is the season of opportunities lost, deeds not done, and  needs not met. For others, the fat goose Congress has set at their tables, will provide bountiful feasts.

Shame.