This morning I awoke to find that Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has once again demonstrated the elitism that he has cultivated during his career in the US Senate. In an interview on CBS this morning Senator Harkin defended the intensely unpopular health reform legislation moving through the US Congress. Even more disgusting was his defense of the use of taxpayer money to bribe skeptical Senators into supporting bad legislation. If there was ever a demonstration of the problems plaguing our government this was it. If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch the interview please take the time to do so now.

It was just days ago that Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson capitulated in what has become widely known as the Cornhusker Kickback. This was a deal that provided the state of Nebraska with millions in taxpayer funded earmarks in exchange for his support of the Senate version of the health reform bill. With this acquiescence Senator Nelson became the latest in a long list of sell outs that put their political well being ahead of the nations well being.

I did a little poking around to find out what is included in this bill. In my search I found an unlikely ally in my desire to kill this bill, the liberals at the Huffington Post. And in actuality I can agree with some of their complaints about the bill. For instance if this bill were to make it into law Americans may have to pay up to 8% of their income on insurance, even if they do not want to. If an American refuses to purchase insurance they could be fined up to 2% of their annual income. The plan would be funded by taxes on middle class insurance plans effectively causing more hardships than they would save. Or how about the fact that if the bill passes the taxes would start now, but the plan itself wouldn’t start until 2014.

And despite the widespread discontent with this impending disaster, the elitists like Harkin continue their pathetic attempts to peddle the bill as a “Christmas present” for the country. The attitudes of Harkin and his career politician cohorts are emblematic of the problems infesting Washington DC. We must do everything within our power to kill this bill if we are to preserve some semblance of the free nation we once were.