Steny Hoyer Town Hall

Last night’s town hall was an interesting and exciting event. Although I doubt Hoyer will change his position on the issues, the press could not help but report on the vocal opposition to government healthcare that exists even inside a historically democrat district.

Steny started the evening by making several outlandish claims via powerpoint. During his presentation he claimed the public option would fix medicare and provide affordable coverage for all without doing any damage to the economy. He also supported a claim by a fellow congressman that people who believe HR3200 would allow for the creation of "death panels" are "nuts" and went on to assure that healthcare under the public option would in no way be rationed.

Later in the evening, in response to a question posed by Collins Bailey, who may become Hoyer’s opponent in the 2010 elections, Steny claimed that the public option could provide health care to every American that wanted it without either raising taxes or increasing the deficit. He claimed the government would be so efficient in cutting costs that the program would be similar to an "investment" that would earn America money in the long run.

Where does one begin to respond to the absurdity of a democrat congressman, in the midst of the financial woes of social security, medicare, fannie and freddie, the post office and the entire nation, making a claim that the government will not only be fiscally responsible but that it possesses supreme cost cutting effectiveness that is non-existent in the private sector?

All that aside, the left has only provided solutions to coverage problems. They not only have no plans to return health care costs to their free market value but are deeply opposed to conservative efforts to do so. How then would the government cut costs? One only has to look to every nation with socialized healthcare in the World to find that answer. Every government run healthcare system in the World rations care and makes life or death decisions for its patients in something similar to what right wing nut jobs call death panels.

Steny Hoyer smoothly dodged several tough questions last night. Steny Hoyer also contradicted himself and lied directly to the faces his constituents, he was booed and jeered accordingly.

Sam Hale