Posted on 10/25/2009 9:04:40 PM PDT by mainstreetradical.com
Is Congress about to sell out the American people in the name of progress and change? The healthcare debate is the epicenter of a larger fight, one that resurfaces every few decades; one that began with the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. The role of the Federal Government in our lives is growing quicker than Congress can print the money to support it. Are there no better options than those that we are faced with today?
The current debate is misguided. If you take out abortion funding, it is still a bad bill. If you take out illegal alien coverage, it is still a bad bill. If you take out the public option, it is still a bad bill. In fact, until we address the cost, no bill will work. The President and Congress believe we can cut waste and fund a 1 trillion dollar program. They should do what no Congress in 30 years has been able to do–cut the waste first. Why do we need to cut waste in the same bill that re-spends the savings? If Congress were serious about this avenue of funding, they would address the waste first. Where would the debate be today if Obama and Pelosi held up a realized savings of 500 billion dollars from their efforts to cut waste and said “Now, let’s find a way to get every American covered.”?
As the healthcare accusations continue to fly, there is a palpable undercurrent in the air that the Democrats and Progressives are trying to stay away from: their desire to increase the size and scope of the government. The Tea Party crowd gets this, and so does Obama. On Sunday with Bob Schierffer, Obama said, “I have no intention of increasing the size of government”. Very empty words
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The answer is very, very simple. NOBODY has a RIGHT to health care. Access to health care — like everything else — should be EARNED. If a slacker/loser/misfit gets free health care, that means some productive person could be denied care. That is wrong.
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