quote:Originally posted by DocDerez:
Giving the government control over your health care is like signing away your freedom. I can't wait until all the regulations get passed because some commission has found this is bad for you. As far as personal responsibility and getting fat, hey those are choices with consequence but I want to make those choices not have them made for me. Where will they stop?
To live free means we can not depend on the government for every thing we need. I remmeber my Grandfather talking about traveling all over the country picking up what ever job he could to keep his family fed. I my self worked hard and pushed so that I could get a job with benefits and good pay. I had to sacrifice early on, swallow my pride, fail, fall down, get back up and try again. We don't want to do that anymore, we just want it handed to us. Its not fair I don't have health insurance, its not fair I don't make what they make, its not fair...
Quit looking to the government to fix your problems, look to yourself, your family, your friends. Freedom comes with a price, it is not one just paid for by soldiers but also by the people who are free. We have decided we want security over freedom.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship."
Alexander Fraser Tyler, "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic"
We have a responsibility to this republic to make choices that are not always easy, or popular, but we the people need to make. Do not blame the democrats or the republicans, look in the mirror because it is you and I...We the people who have decided the fate of this country. We have decided that we want nice comfortable pens so that our masters can sheer us like the sheep we have become.
Very well said. I truly feel for those who have lost their insurance along with their job, or those who have a true disability that prevents them from working. I have trouble with those who say they can't afford insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield has open enrollment every year) but can live in big house, drive a new car, or spend all of their money on cigarettes and cell phones. I was sitting at a gathering recently where a pregnant young woman was showing off her engagment ring. Someone asked when the wedding was, and she replied that it would have to be after the baby was born so as not to affect her free healthcare.
Somehow, we've gotten the idea that healthcare doesn't rank up there with possessions in things we should value enough to pay for. Again, I'm not talking about those who really have no choice, just those who think it isn't a priority because they are young and healthy. But one accident or one illness can bankrupt you.