Posted by
James Biga on Friday, June 27, 2008 6:46:15 PM
Socialized medicine, this is supposedly the cure to the Health Insurance woes of the United States. Has anyone within the political realm actually sat down and looked at the long term results? Has anyone spent the time to determine how this "little" concession of freedom will lead to catastrophe?
First, a certain amount of taxes will have to be gathered to provide everyone with Health Insurance. Doctors, Nurses, Medical Supply people, and others in the medical industry must be reimbursed for their work and supplies. Who determines what this amount is? Politicians? We've all seen how intelligent they are when it comes to spending.
Here's a scenario.
If the government is going to collect tax money from the citizenry then why shouldn't there be restrictions, excuse me. "guidelines" to what is expected of those receiving "free" health care. Smoking? Gotta stop or you won't receive the health care. Drinking? Gotta stop or you won't receive health care. Why should people who don't drink or smoke pay for those who do?
If people stop smoking and drinking then what happens to the people who work in these industries? They lose their jobs of course. This lessens the amount of people paying taxes. However, the government has promised to support it's people with health care so they will do the only thing they know how to do, raise taxes on those who can still afford to pay. By the way, what happens to the bills that those who lost their jobs used to pay? Bankruptcy? Worse? Who is going to pay those? How many financial companies and credit card companies will be forced to take the hit and respond by laying off people? The situation gets worse.
Year by year the situation will get worse. On top of this, as in Europe, why work when the government will provide you what you need? Production as well as productivity decreases while the dependance on the government increases.
Socialism is the beginning of the end of every nation on the planet. If America takes this step, the western ideology of freedom and liberty dies.
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