The President I didn't vote for is on his bully pulpit again. Pronouncing health care for all! If you like what you've got--keep it, he says. We're not going to take anything away from you, he says. But in his effort to secure insurance for an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans, large corporations to small companies will no doubt be tempted to wipe their hands of the trouble insurance causes for them.
If this passes, count on the gap to close between the currently uninsured and the soon-to-be uninsured as Americans quickly become completely dependent on the government for health care. If we can even call it that, socialized system after socialized system is replete with stories of failures in the medical system, long waiting lists to see doctors, and the denial of tests and procedures.
The President I didn't vote for has also headed down the road of anti-smoking legislation, and he won't stop there. Watch as he enacts rules about how much cake a 50-year-old with 15 pounds to lose can eat. Watch him deny coverage to someone who doesn't take "enough" care of himself. The government becomes our mother in this scenario, providing sustenance for us. This should not be!
The government should get the flip away from our private lives--protect our borders, pave our roads, be a cooperative extension of the American people. I have never seen a president pursue change with the reckless abandon of this guy, so much for crossing the aisle, working together, he has come into office with an agenda to eradicate everything America stands for as quickly as he can, before America wakes up and screams. Once we launch these medical "reforms" they will be very difficult to undo, not something a new election can remedy.
I know I have spoken in some hyperbole here, but this is getting ridiculous, and many of us are feeling increasingly helpless to do anything to change the changes.
