My parents taught me to be suspicious of giveaways. "Free isn't ever really free." Did yours?
It took 5 hours with three kids to get a simple license last week. Do you really think the government will be any more efficient with health care, a beast infinitely more complex and time sensitive?
Do Something!
HERE IS A LIST OF TARGETED REPRESENTATIVESE-mail those thiefs on the hill and tell them no.
Some things to think about.
-I know there are many good-hearted people who approve of this bill because they have seen people suffer and want health care for their loved ones who need it. However, this bill is an illusion and a lie. The promises are unsustainable and take even more power away from the patient. The brave thing to do is to look facts in the face, look at the truth of the costs of this bill, and then start to innovate real solutions to this real crisis.
-You may be a democrat but this bill gives the government an extreme amount of power. (1/5 of our economy. the ability to raise taxes to pay for it. etc. etc.) What happens when your party looses office? Do you really want the likes of George W. Bush affecting health policy? The government deciding which patients get priority and which ailments are worth treating? P.S. you know this bill funds abortions, right?
-Where will the money come from? We already have daunting unfunded social security and medicare obligations. Trillion dollar deficits. 300+ billion interest payments annually. And all of this without the added costs of this new healthcare bill, which will be enormous. Government is expanding access without reforming costs.
-At some point, countries stop lending. The U.S. is close to loosing its AAA status worldwide and that is the beginning. Who is going to pay for our luxuries? The answer is our children. And they are going to pay for it with more than money.
-The government is experimenting with 1/5 of our economy! Why not try it on a smaller scale and see how that works. Oh yeah, Massachussetts. And look how that's turning out. They may have added bells and whistles to Romney's original plan, but the point is, politicians ALWAYS add bells and whistles and never care about the repayment of the loans.
I want people to have access to affordable health care too. Kyle and I are both self-employed and pay huge amounts every month to have health insurance. We are passionate about reform. For example, let us buy health care across state lines. Address tort reform. Punish insurance companies who screw their people and people who screw the insurance companies. Stop legislating coverage of procedures that many of us consider optional which in turn raises premiums for ordinary customers.
i'm sorry to be political on a family blog, but the apathy of this nation is getting to me. do something. believe in something. check your facts and then check them again. do not trust your politicians ever, no matter which party, and especially if they think they can do better with your resources than you can.
let's be hopeful and innovative. let's do something to bring costs down and get people help who need it. let's take better care of ourselves and invest in prevention and health. but let's not give away our children's future for an illusion of health and prosperity paid for with loans, the raping of freedoms and empty promises.
