obama 4

Obama signed a bill yesterday to give healthcare to nearly 4 million children. The law raised cigarette taxes by 62% and raised the funding to approximately $60 billion. It passed in the house with a 290-135 vote and in the Senate with a 66-32 vote before it was signed by Obama. 9 Republicans in the Senate voted for it. The bill puts the country on the way to providing healthcare for everyone that needs it, something that most Republicans are against and call socialism, but which in reality is one of the most important things to have. If a country cannot provide care for its population, having the techniques to cure people does no good. If it does not reach the people why would we invest in it at all? I think the bill is a step in the right direction.