Some folks in Illinois' 6th Congressional District have taken umbrage at reports of our Congressman Peter Roskam's $25,653 trip with his wife to visit their daughter in Taiwan courtesy of the Chinese Culture University (or was it, in violation of US law, the Government of Taiwan)? I, too, was a tad put out by this unpleasant revelation till last Friday's vote, the 40th, of the good Congressman's party, the Repealicants, to overturn Obamacare, voted into law by an infinitely more humane Democratic controlled House on March 21, 2010. As House Repealicant Chief Deputy Whip, Peter Roskam was successful in getting every House Repealicant to vote for repealing this quality of life, indeed, life saving measure, benefiting tens of millions of Americans shut out from the world's greatest health care system for rich people.
But before we judge our Repealicant champion and his House m...inions too harshly, we should consider their alternative. In Roskam's utterly insensitive and heartless moral universe, it's called Nothingcare. That's right. Congressman Roskam trumpets the Repealicant mantra of: "I've got mine...you're on your own, pal....all 40 million of you". Ouch! Another way of describing Nothingcare was offered on the House floor by Alan Grayson (Dem. FL) who offered this bit of truth telling during October 29, 2009, Obamacare debate:
The Repealicant Health Care Plan is simply this:
1. Don't get sick
2. If you do get sick
3. Die quickly
Upon reflection, Congressman Roskam's $25,653 overseas freebee trip is probably not a bad thing. Maybe he could score another one...preferably when Vote No. 41 to repeal Obamacare is scheduled. Even better would be if he could finagle all 232 fellow Repealicants to join him.
