Boy, I really started something! It's easy to see who the liberals are.
If you think our government can fix health care consider this:
The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. They have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.
Social Security was established in 1935. They have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.
Fannie Mae was established in 1938. They have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.
War on Poverty started in 1964. They have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. They have had 44 years to get it right and both are broke.
Freddie Mac was established in 1970. They have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
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. They had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
Congress has FAILED in every "government service" they have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE THEY CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM? IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR GOOD HEALTH CARE; IT'S ABOUT TRUSTING THE GOVERNMENT TO RUN IT.
And consider this:
... we're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president who also hasn't read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?
The good doctor was talking about his patent's lack of basic responsibility and our governments historical failure at social programs. Face facts, a cell phone is a luxury, let alone an iPhone. I went 40 years of my life without a cell phone, don't tell me it is a necessity. It's about "wants & needs" and in today's America the "wants" usually end up winning out over the "needs". For me, health insurance for me and my family is an important "need" and I will sacrifice some "wants" to have it. But I'm pissed off that the cost is so high because many people choose (yes, choose) not to have health insurance and then when something happens they cannot ever pay the bill. So us that choose to have health insurance get to pay their bill through increased premiums. To the young lady who spoke about accepting the fact if she gets breast cancer she's doomed because she chooses not to have health insurance, the truth is you probably wouldn't be doomed because you would be admitted and cared for at others expense. You might end up at Parkland but you would not be turned away. I truly hope you never face a health issue like this and the odds are in your favor you won't. But what about an automobile accident? Wants & needs.
I am currently in the UK on business and it is true they have a nice health care plan. Just walk in and you're taken care of, seen it myself. The quality of care is not up to what we get in the U.S. but it's not bad. But, ask anyone that lives here what they pay for it in their taxes. My British counterpart in our company makes about the same as I do but pays TWICE the taxes. But I'm sure he is just thrilled to help pay through his taxes for health care any visitors or students may need while in the UK.
Originally Posted by Brass Balls
The Post Office has delivered mail reliably since 1775.
I'll bet everyone has a relative who has used Social Security benefits.
Millions have obtained housing loans due to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The war on poverty was a casualty of the Vietnam war.
Medicare and Medicaid are lifesavers for millions.
The bottom line is that these programs have meant life and death for millions!
They were not intended to be profit making enterprises. Most of them were intended to be a lifeline for the have nots in society. I know that it is a bitter pill for the Republicans to have their hard earned money taken and distributed to the have nots, after all, they should either be productive citizens or dead!
It never dawned on me how callous a nation we are until the recent health care debate began. We now have millions of formerly productive workers on unemployment with little or no health care. The president promotes a comprehensive package that will reduce health care costs for all and a minority says "who cares!". Anyone who has ever worked in the Health Care Insurance industry knows that a market based solution is so pie in the sky as to be laughable! The bottom line is that in America we believe that you should be working and productive and able to afford market based health care premiums or die! We have more compasion for the Haitians than for our own! Then again, a donation to the Haitians is tax deductible.
