"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, these include..." a well-paying job, a nice home, and free health care.
What, that's not right? Isn't that what Madison meant by inalienable rights? If you merely substitute the creator with the government, you get what this administration is driving towards. In fact, it has been the goal of the progressive movement to replace God with government since the turn of the 20th century. And so today is the date of their greatest victory. The government has bestowed another right on it's people. Never mind that rights can only come from God, however you refer to Him (or Her, or It). But wait, the government is now God. Or God is dead, according to Neitschke, He's been dead for a long time. According to Marx, we have no need for Him in the industrial age. According to democratic , and some republican, politicians, they are Him.
Let's get a few things straight. First of all, the government cannot grant rights, it can only take them away. That's what this health care reform bill is about. They are not giving citizens the right to health care, they are taking away the property rights of millions of Americans in order to play God. It's called redistribution of wealth. Maybe they believe it's the right thing to do. I'm sure Nancy Pelosi cares deeply about the plight of the downtrodden in this country, as do all of her fellow democrats. That's why they give so much of their money to charity. What? They don't give money to charity? Oh, they only give our money to charity. Well, at least it's going to a good cause. 16,000 more IRS agents. That'll put a dent in the unemployment numbers. That's almost one half of 1,000th of a percent of the country. This is about jobs after all. Never mind the 30 million jobs that will be lost in the next year. What will they say when unemployment hits 20 percent? Can they still blame Bush? What's the statute of limitations on that?
Second, and most importantly, this is not about health care at all, it's about power. It's about the government getting it's claws into your life, and never letting go. Everything in your life can be regulated through the prism of healthcare. What you eat, where you live, how many children you have, what you name them, how you raise them, etc. You get the idea. Once they are in, we can't ever get them out. Who knows a politician courageous enough to vote against social security, or medicare, or medicaid. They certainly won't repeal this entitlement. Once people get a taste of free stuff, woe to the man that tries to take it away. Take a look at what's happening in Greece. That's our future. I only hope that I'm not alive to see it. It's hard enough to look my children in the eyes knowing the kind of future they have in store for them. We've seen where huge government leads, and it ain't pretty. I'd tell you to ask 30 million Russians and 70 million Chinese, no to mention 5-6 million Jews, but they're all dead.
My mother asked me today what I disliked about the bill..."Not emotionally, but the actual bill" I can't answer that without the emotion, because I don't know what's in the bill. No one does. All I know is, they are destroying this country, step by step, and we're letting it happen. They are taking over the car industry, the banking industry, and now the health care industry. What's next, the carnival industry? It seems to me that most of the politicians we have elected would fit right in selling tickets to gawk at the bearded lady and the goatboy. We can rest easy though, at least now they'll have free health care.