Our government at work

Obviously there's a lot of high emotions over the health care bill, with people worked up both in favor of it and opposed to it. However, it seems that the purpose of the government these days is to provide something to excite some people while at the same time angering others.

Whether the bill ever benefits anyone or bankrupts the country (or, more likely, falls somewhere in between), the debate (or "debate," regarding the nature of how that happens these days) is spurred has succeeded immeasurably in that regard.

Many people surveyed responded that the policy-making process is broken, but clearly they're harboring somewhat outdated views on what the process is supposed to achieve.