Today’s Worcester Telegram posted an article praising the Democrat Party for passing the healthcare reform bill and chastising the Republicans for not being part of the destruction of the American economy.  My Congressional Representative, Jim McGovern, voted for the bill.  That is one of the reasons I am collecting signatures for Marty Lamb, who hopes to run against him for Congress in November.  The New York Times stated yesterday: “The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago.”   It is not up to the government to attack economic inequality.  Where is that in the U. S. Constitution?  All of the Massachusetts Congressmen voted for the bill except for Stephen Lynch (who was probably allowed to vote no because Nancy Pelosi did not need his vote).

As was previously reported on this site (rightwinggranny.com), one Massachusetts company will already be negatively impacted by this bill.  Zoll Medical Corporation in Chelmsford (which made a profit of $9.5 million in 2009) is expecting to be hit with a new tax of between $5 million and $10 million a year under the new healthcare reform.  None of the options available to them as a company to stay in business will be good for the State of Massachusetts.  I know that Congressmen have a reputation for bringing home the bacon–I didn’t realize they were also good at taking the bacon away from their own states!

I have two direct quotes about the bill from Townhall.com (via Associated Press) about the claim that all children with pre-existing conditions will be immediately covered:

“Under the new law, insurance companies still would be able to refuse new coverage to children because of a pre-existing medical problem, said Karen Lightfoot, spokeswoman for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the main congressional panels that wrote the bill Obama signed into law Tuesday.

“…Full protection for children would not come until 2014, said Kate Cyrul, a spokeswoman for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, another panel that authored the legislation. That’s the same year when insurance companies could no longer deny coverage to any person on account of health problems.”

There is also a ten percent tax on tanning salons.  How many small businesses in Massachusetts are going to close because of that tax increase?  How many people will lose their jobs?  I also wonder what the funding for 17,000 IRS agents is doing in a healthcare bill.  Why is the government takeover of the student loan program in this bill?

I strongly suggest that you donate to every opposing candidate of any Congressman in Massachusetts who voted for this bill.  Voting for this bill was not brave–how many Congressmen read the 2,000+ page bill before they voted for it?  We don’t need Congressmen who blindly follow the orders of the Washington Democrat Party; we need Congressmen who will pay attention to the needs of their state.  I will be voting for Marty Lamb in November.