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I must say that I am a bit concerned about the huge negotiations that appear to be taking place around keeping federally funded abortion out of the health care bill. I am concerned that the democratic administration is hyping the inclusion of this as a leveraging ploy to get a government run program that will take over our health care economy. I am not sure of the politics preventing them from dropping the abortion clauses in reconciliation simply to get the government in place. I have largely been opposing this for social justice reasons, but do we really want governement health care? Won't this fly through congress if abortion is gone? Think of it: we all breath a sigh of relief, no federal funding of abortion...whew. But that begs the question: once abortion is gone - do we really want government health care of any kind? By doing this the government will beome both a player and the referee in the medical community. In so doing it will be able to regulate all other options out of business. If the government could actually run a transparent, efficient and effective system that wouldn't be so bad. But what is the history of our government running things?
1. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. 234 years to get it right and it is becoming more unsustainable by the day.
2. Social Security was established in 1935. 74 years to get it right and it is bankrupt.
3. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. 71 years to get it right. It is bankrupt and now has an unlimited line of credit from the Fed (printing fiat).
4. The War on Poverty started in 1964. 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor". We are still around.
5. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. 44 years to get it right. They are bankrupt.
6. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. 39 years to get it right. It is bankrupt and now has an unlimited credit line from the Fed.
7. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
FAILED in every "government service" attempted while overspending massive tax dollars that could be saved, invested or spent by the American people. Can we NOW trust a government Health Care system to work...a system bigger than all of these programs? And aside from that once they put private insurers out of business, what's to stop them from reinstating the funding?
2. Social Security was established in 1935. 74 years to get it right and it is bankrupt.
3. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. 71 years to get it right. It is bankrupt and now has an unlimited line of credit from the Fed (printing fiat).
4. The War on Poverty started in 1964. 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor". We are still around.
5. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. 44 years to get it right. They are bankrupt.
6. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. 39 years to get it right. It is bankrupt and now has an unlimited credit line from the Fed.
7. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
FAILED in every "government service" attempted while overspending massive tax dollars that could be saved, invested or spent by the American people. Can we NOW trust a government Health Care system to work...a system bigger than all of these programs? And aside from that once they put private insurers out of business, what's to stop them from reinstating the funding?
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