Watching the Very Early Results of Super Tuesday

Watching the Early Results of Super Tuesday Voting

It's 7:14 p.m. CST in Texas as I watch one of our local stations broadcast the national news' take of how voters in the 24 states probably voted today. Nothing even close to an official count is ready, but you won't hear anyone actually say that on the air.

Texas' primary is a month away. We're not given the option of casting our vote during a full field of contenders. The choices will be more narrow once our turn comes. That has its good and bad points I guess.

I'm not keen on any one candidate's complete stand on issues.

I absolutely do not like Ms. Clinton's newest announcement of mandatory insurance coverage by all. This would make it against the law to not have coverage. Would the uninsured be charged, convicted and incarcerated for non-compliance? Would one be denied entrance into a medical office or facility? Would one have to pay double what an insurance carrier would pay? Her statement is too vague and struck me the wrong way.

Using my past as an example of why I think it should NOT be mandatory to have health insurance: Back when, I was a single parent of a pre-teen and received no child support (my choice - not anyone else's). I made over the minimum wage at the time but not a great amount over. I paid my house note, truck note and insurance, utility bills, gasoline, school costs, clothing and food. I did not have cable TV or other little luxuries. Very little was left after each paycheck and not totally enough to buy medical insurance. Yes, I paid more when one of us had to go the doctor and / or have medicines. Still those costs were not as much as a policy would have been at the time. For the most part, I took care of the two of us and we were lucky in health issues. I did not run to an emergency facility for anything and everything. Those that do, should be penalized - maybe - if they are simply taking advantages of the system.

In later employment, with insurance coverage, my portion of the premium and the deductibles have been outrageous. At no time during these last ten plus years, have I used enough insurance to justify that money taken out of my pay for my portion of coverage plus the deductible.

The stands of most candidates on immigration tend to allow a bending of the rules now in place. Personally, I believe in following rules. I have worked out of the country and I had to follow the rules of that country to allow me to be in the country and to be employed. The penalties were not enticing. I feel that the US should have the rules and enforce penalties for violators. Of course, there's a populace that would not be supportive of my view or cast a vote in my favor were they able. So be it.

I will continue to watch the results tonight for a while - until it bores or infuriates me.

Since the commentators are tonight repeatedly speaking about the white vs black, male vs female statistics, I wonder if they can tell my color and gender from this blog?