Rasmussen: Support for health care reform is now 54% against.
But you have to go to the second paragraph to find that out.
Now that the Senate Finance Committee has passed its version of health care reform, 42% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and down four from the week before.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 54% are opposed to the plan.
Well, at least they didn’t bury it halfway down the page. They just sort of threw some dirt over it.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters say passage of the plan will make the cost of health care go up while 18% say it will make costs go down. As a recent commentary by Michael Barone noted, “The Trouble With Health Care Is Paying for It.” Most (59%) favor putting a provision in the plan that would prohibit any new taxes, fees or penalties on families who make less than $250,000 a year to pay for the reform initiative. Most also say that middle-class tax cuts are more important than new spending on health care.
18% are living in a dream world.
And frankly, if 59% want a provision that keeps anyone from making less than $250K from paying more taxes, fees, or penalties to fund this, that really means that they want to starve it to death even if it does pass.
But go ahead, Democraps. Pass the bill. You’ll be out on your ass next November and the next Congress will repeal this radioactive piece of crap so fast, your heads will spin.
And with any luck, our healthcare system won’t be destroyed before they do.
If you think that even a solidly (i.e., veto-proof) Republican congress would act to repeal ANYTHING, you have FAR more faith in the beltway Republicans than I.
Depends on the people who get elected.
Which depends on the electorate to elect the right people.
(FWIW I never said either “Beltway” or “Republicans” 🙂 )