How is making health care mandantory going to help the public? Especially when the debt is that of the public? Raising taxes and public healthcare costs leads me to the conclusion that we'll only end up back where we started to begin with. It seems that with each passing president, we discover a new form of misleading promise; promise that fails to follow up. Americans are being told that these changes are going to assist the middle class, when in all reality, it is 98.5% of the time detrimental to the middle class. And, lets not forget senior citizens. My father and grandmother are both diabetics. My grandmother has suffered from 5 minor strokes and has lost her ability to drive, use her left hand, or stand for longer than 5 minutes. My father's eyesight is worsening, his body is loosing it's strength, and he takes 12 different medications just to function on a less than average level. So please explain to me how raising taxes and cutting medicare with benifit them! I'd really like to hear that argument. I usually try to be professional when I write, but this particular topic strikes me on a very personal level. What about my family? I just had a baby and have been in a out of the doctors' office and hospitals since March of 09. My husband has a tooth that is hurting him to the point where he hardly can stand to eat! Ontop of copays, bills, and necessary expenses, we're behind on a bill a month as it is. So in closing, I would like to personally thank those who have proved, for the millonth time, the basis on which the American Government stands; Power, Money, Sloth, and Greed. Thank you for taxing the middle class while you big wigs sit in your big offices, laughing at our expence. Because the truth is, you will never have to worry if your children can eat. You will never have to worry if you electricity will be shut off this month or if you will have the money for rent. Nope. Your conscience is clear because if it doesn't directly affect you, than who cares. Right?