Posted by
James Biga on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:54:07 PM
So let me see if I have this right. The Obama administration and the Democrats want to set up a government run health care program. The obvious question begging to be asked, and has been, is who and how is this going to be paid for? These questions have been on various radio shows and a legitimate answer has yet to be given.
The question I want to ask is how long can this program possibly last? Setting up the program is as simple as the congress saying yea. Voila there it is. This was tyhe easy part. Next come the requirements from the government. If you are going to participate in government run health care then you can't smoke. If you do, then you will be extinguished from the program. After all, we all know that smoking isn't good for you. Therefore, if it is not good, then it is bad and you can"t do it. Fried foods also contribute to bad health. From now on, all foods must be steamed or boiled. No more trans-fats or oil based cooking products. All food products must be low-fat or fat free. Also, they should not be full of any type of cholesterol. This pretty much narrows the food choices down to skim milk and salad. No whole milk or cheeses. This contains too much fat and is bad for you.
No person should be driving a vehicle. Thousands die each year and this eliminates taxpayers. Also, millions more are injured and this would cost the program too much money. Besides, cars are evil for the environment, you shouldn't be driving anyway. Step by step. individual freedoms would be given up and the amount of money in tax revenues would drop. How you ask? If tobacco products not allowed, then the purchasing of these products would decrease lowering the demand for this product means they won't be produced at the same level. This would put people, and companies out of business. Therefore not only do revenues drop, the amount of people on government run health care goes up accordingly. The same could be applied to all companies and people that presently work in industries that the government run health system would find unacceptable. As time passes the amount of people needing this program will increase and the number of people funding this program would decrease. The governments answer to everything would be to raise the taxes on those who do pay. This would raise the level of working poor and send the rich scurrying to other nations eliminating even more revenue.
Basic elementary level math and high school level economics is all one needs to see that this paln is a failure and will destroy the working classes and the poor as well as rob the rich. The rich will have an option, the rest won't. The rich can afford to move elsewhere. The super rich can still survive and pay for their own health care. The middle and lower class will find themselves beholden to the politicians and the rich. The very class warfare that the socialists... I mean democrats claimed exists would then truly exist and it would be due to their marxist ideology. The only reason the government has the potential to detroy our nation is because the individual American allowed it to. People who mistake their feelings as truth have neither.
What about Energy? I haven't seen anything from the administration that involves nuclear energy? Nor have I heard a clamor to drill for our own oil? I have stated before that the Oil Shale in the western states could be used while our brightest and best work on a better cleaner energy source. No matter how this goes, it would relieve or use of foreign oil. We could drill out own oil over the next 25 to 30 years. By this point someone will most certainly come up with a more efficient and clean source of energy.
None of this is rocket science. Its right in front of us. It is pure individualism and freedom. It is what this country was founded on and what this country relied on to be successful. How are people missing this?