Posted on 08/15/2009 2:53:31 AM PDT by Scanian
The code words used for so-called "health care reform," single-payer, universal coverage, etc. bring images into the minds of many of "free" health care, something for nothing.
When I was a boy, I was often puzzled why Dad didn't go for the special deals, discounts, etc. when we shopped for something. Now I understand that these were tricks crafted for the consumer looking for something for nothing. Dad knew that if you went after "something for nothing," you would be hooked and reeled in like a fish who took the bait. In the real world there is no "something for nothing." Those promising "something for nothing" have something else in mind. In the case of health care the "something else" is frightening. What would Dad have said about this?
Something for nothing is a trap for suckers.
How many voters in the last election thought they would get something for nothing with the "tax cut for 95%", or, worse, knew they would be mooching off the other 5%? How many votes were cast thinking more "goodies" would be coming from the government?
It didn't used to be like this. My great grandfather John C. was a teenager when his father, John M. died during the Civil War. As the only son, he undoubtedly had to carry the responsibility for the family. John C. later married and raised three sons and a daughter, and then two grandsons after the daughter died in childbirth. He and his wife Ida provided for the family by their own efforts on their small farm in Kentucky. They raised their own food or sold or traded what they produced for what they needed. They never asked the government or their neighbors to give them anything. John didn't go to some government office crying
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My 9 year old g/son and 10 year old g/daughter have been living with me for just over a year and have had their first real access to a computer during that period.
As they play their games from time to time they have had offers of “free” stuff. I have patiently read and explained the fine print to them, that tells them what they have to buy to get their “free” stuff. They have both told me, “nothing is free is it grampa”. They are learning.
BTTT.
BTT!
BTTT.
turns out cash for clunker is scam to cheat old white ladies......one was interviewed on fox news ...she lost her clunker, is paying insurance on a car she does not have and has to make first car payment in september....dealer said she would get car if they got the check from goverment....who is in charge of distribution of clunker money and what is it costing to process the claims...
We have a City Council Critter here who likes to insist that we can build anything, if only we can convince “The Feds” to pay for it.
He’s a smart guy, Degree in Engineering, has a family and a home, senior partner at an engineering firm and gets paid over $20K annually to “serve” on Council; and he is frackin’ clueless about who really funds “The Feds”...and now he is running for Mayor!
TANSTAAFL!!
(”There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch...” Robert Heinlein...)
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