"Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and have repeatedly led to disaster. Most of these ideas are not new. They are just being recycled with re-treaded rhetoric." Thomas Sowell
"Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money -- only for wanting to keep your own money." Joseph Sobran
"There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims." Thomas Sowell
I read these quotes today and thought how meaningful they are to our U.S. society today. First of all, history has shown us time and time again that a single payer healthcare system does not work. In the second quote, it says that we aren't greedy if we want others to pay for something that we want, but we are greedy if we want to hold onto our own hard earned money. The leftist tendencies accuse those of us who are fiscal conservatives of this exact thing. We, the conservatives, are cruel because we don't want the "poor" or "needy" to get free healthcare. Why is it that I am cruel if I want to hold onto the money that I earned? If I can't afford to pay for my own healthcare, how can I afford to pay for yours?
Supposedly, under Obama's plan, only people making over a certain amount will have to pay for this plan. How is that going to work? I have a lot of questions about this. I don't see how that will work. Most of those poor people who can't afford healthcare are already on Medicaid. We know that Medicaid is already unable to sustain itself and will be in the red within the next 10 years. Everyone who has a job is already paying for this Medicaid system. If Medicaid, is unsustainable, how is it going to work when you add another 40 million people? We already can't pay for Medicaid, but there isn't going to be more taxes added to those of us who make less than a certain amount? How is that possible? The math doesn't add up to me.
The more that I see and read about this proposition on a public health insurance option, the more wary I grow of it. I am one of the common people. I probably would qualify for this healthcare option, but to me it doesn't seem like the best thing for the U.S.
I think that what we really need to do is focus on getting more tort reform for the already existing plans that we have. Make it much harder for patients and lawyers to sue a doctor for unnavoidable problems. I see people suing the doctors for the most idiotic things. Things that most of the time you are cautioned about before the issue arises. Make extremely difficult and non cost effective for people and their lawyers to go after doctors. This would, in essence, push cost back down to where people could afford healthcare again because the insurance companies as well as the doctors wouldn't have to pass those costs onto us the consumer.
"Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money -- only for wanting to keep your own money." Joseph Sobran
"There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims." Thomas Sowell
I read these quotes today and thought how meaningful they are to our U.S. society today. First of all, history has shown us time and time again that a single payer healthcare system does not work. In the second quote, it says that we aren't greedy if we want others to pay for something that we want, but we are greedy if we want to hold onto our own hard earned money. The leftist tendencies accuse those of us who are fiscal conservatives of this exact thing. We, the conservatives, are cruel because we don't want the "poor" or "needy" to get free healthcare. Why is it that I am cruel if I want to hold onto the money that I earned? If I can't afford to pay for my own healthcare, how can I afford to pay for yours?
Supposedly, under Obama's plan, only people making over a certain amount will have to pay for this plan. How is that going to work? I have a lot of questions about this. I don't see how that will work. Most of those poor people who can't afford healthcare are already on Medicaid. We know that Medicaid is already unable to sustain itself and will be in the red within the next 10 years. Everyone who has a job is already paying for this Medicaid system. If Medicaid, is unsustainable, how is it going to work when you add another 40 million people? We already can't pay for Medicaid, but there isn't going to be more taxes added to those of us who make less than a certain amount? How is that possible? The math doesn't add up to me.
The more that I see and read about this proposition on a public health insurance option, the more wary I grow of it. I am one of the common people. I probably would qualify for this healthcare option, but to me it doesn't seem like the best thing for the U.S.
I think that what we really need to do is focus on getting more tort reform for the already existing plans that we have. Make it much harder for patients and lawyers to sue a doctor for unnavoidable problems. I see people suing the doctors for the most idiotic things. Things that most of the time you are cautioned about before the issue arises. Make extremely difficult and non cost effective for people and their lawyers to go after doctors. This would, in essence, push cost back down to where people could afford healthcare again because the insurance companies as well as the doctors wouldn't have to pass those costs onto us the consumer.
Hat tip to American Elephant commenter to Michelle Malkin for this wonderful poster on ObamaCare.
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