The 2000 page Pelosi-sponsored democrat healthcare bill which the House Speaker (in it final form, coming Monday) is allowing Americans to read and take in over just a 72-hour period, now includes major and highly controversial proposals.

What it amounts to, in its current form, is, as the excellent Republican Michele Bachmann puts it, the 'crown jewel of America's new socialism':

• a public option (which threatens all private options)
• Government funded abortion
• higher taxes (including new taxes on patients receiving important healthcare)
• a $500 billion cut in Medicare funding (for senior citizens)

Bachmann is calling for as many citizens as possible who want to ask hard questions of their congress representatives to congregate on Capitol Hill this coming Thursday at 12 noon in protest. If I was American (I'm English and live in the UK) I would be there. It's that important not least because, as the previous post states, the healthcare bill amounts to a further 18% takeover of the US private sector economy.

Just how much longer, with Obama in power, will America lead the world in world class private entreprenuerial business activity? If Americans don't understand the direction Obama is taking them they should come and see how socialism has debilitated the sluggish economies of Europe.