"This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated be the public monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency determined the weather was go to be like using satellites designed, built and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency. I watched this while eating my breakfast of U.S. Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have be determined safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
At the appropriate time, as regulated by the U.S. congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. On the way out the door, I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the U.S. Postal Service and drop my kids off at public school.
After work, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to a house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal’s inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.
I then log on to the internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic.com and Fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can’t do anything right." ~Anonymous
When Ronald Reagan said in his 1981 inaugural address, "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem," he set in motion a movement that some 29 years later has split America. The anti-government paranoia of today, manifesting itself in the Tea Partiers, right wing militias and the right wing radicals within the Republican Party, thrives on fear, hate, ignorance and false talking points repeated over and over again by right wing politicians and right wing media figures, largely funded by corporate money that profits from and exploits anger and rage.
If you are arguing that the clause that makes health insurance mandatory for all Americans takes away one's liberties, you are making quite a stretch. While I do not agree with the mandatory requirement of this current bill, I do feel that the government should offer health insurance alongside the private sector. Health care should be considered a public good, like roads, education, and the many other examples in the above argument. This will increase the standard of living and be beneficial for America as a whole. As I understand it, the new law only requires that you have health insurance, whether you get it from the government or the private sector is not a factor. Your choices and liberties are still there, now there is just one more option.
P.S. Typo fixed.
Its hardly a "violent attack." When people go into the emergency room, the hospital is required to treat them. The cost of that treatment is passed out amongst all those with insurance. This is one of the many reasons that health care is extremely costly in this country. While I do not agree with the idea of making health insurance mandatory, I do understand the reasoning behind it. If it doesn't work, then there can be some amending done to the law. The status quo was not working well, and something needed to be done. This is a work in progress and more changes can, and probably will, be made, but doing nothing just wasn't really a viable option anymore.
dallyfan Wrote: "This morning I was awoken by my alarm clack powered by electricity..."And you weren't forced to do any of those things. Isn't liberty great.
Zach F Wrote: If you are arguing that the clause that makes health insurance mandatory for all Americans takes away one's liberties, you are making quite a stretch.While I do not agree with the mandatory requirement of this current bill, I do feel that the government should offer health insurance alongside the private sector. Health care should be considered a public good, like roads, education, and the many other examples in the above argument. This will increase the standard of living and be beneficial for America as a whole. As I understand it, the new law only requires that you have health insurance, whether you get it from the government or the private sector is not a factor. Your choices and liberties are still there, now there is just one more option. P.S. Typo fixed.
If you are arguing that the clause that makes health insurance mandatory for all Americans takes away one's liberties, you are making quite a stretch.While I do not agree with the mandatory requirement of this current bill, I do feel that the government should offer health insurance alongside the private sector. Health care should be considered a public good, like roads, education, and the many other examples in the above argument. This will increase the standard of living and be beneficial for America as a whole. As I understand it, the new law only requires that you have health insurance, whether you get it from the government or the private sector is not a factor. Your choices and liberties are still there, now there is just one more option.