Well, he’s right in saying that fiddling with a million here and a billion there will do nothing to solve the problem.
But he’s wrong to say that cutting the “medical monopoly” is the ONLY way to fix it.
Sure, we should eliminate Obamacare, and also some of the stuff that Clinton and Bush put through as well.
But, there are plenty of ways to fix it. We don’t just need to balance the budget, we need to SLASH it. We need to eliminate endless departments and bureaucratic cess pits. Eliminate the Department of Education completely. Eliminate the EPA completely and let the states deal with it.
Cut even useful departments by 20 or 25%. Outlaw public unions. End supplements to green energy companies and all sorts of other boondoggles. Cut back agricultural subsidies and interference. End the ethanol program. Eliminate the supplements to public broadcasting.
And those are just starters. Healthcare is going to break the camel’s back, sure, but there are a ton of other things that need HUGE cuts and eliminations.
“...We don’t just need to balance the budget, we need to SLASH it. We need to eliminate endless departments and bureaucratic cess pits. Eliminate the Department of Education...”
You write like a soulmate; the above is exactly what I’ve been saying here on FR for quite some time.
And how about just following the Constitution for a sure change in the economy?
The care and maintenance of one’s state of health is not, and never should have been, the responsibility of other than the individual.
That what constitutes “the government” (at local, state, federal or world) should have taken an interest in maintaining a “state of health” for the population as a whole, is nothing less than a move to take control of personal behavior with the force of police power.
Basic rules of hygiene, and preventive measures taken at the onset of illness or infirmity, are still much better managed by the individual directly, than relying on the “informed” authorities to take over and dictate what should and should not be done. But once this basic responsibility is surrendered, then also are any basic rights as well. And in surrendering this responsibility, a blank check is simply handed to the authorities to collect sufficient funds by whatever means necessary to cover the costs of administering this “care”.
Breaking the “medical monopoly” may not be the sole means of dealing with debts and deficits, but it sure makes up a large portion of it.