Where is Common Sense?

I wonder if Congress ever stops and listens to what they are actually proposing. In what world does what they are saying even make sense? I ask you to actually listen to the proposals and ask yourselves in what third world dictatorship could these proposals actually be enacted.

Congress is proposing a mandate to force all citizens to have health care insurance. Congress argues that car owners are required to have insurance on their cars. Car owners are required to carry insurance to cover the damage to other people’s cars. This is not the same as requiring everyone to have health care insurance. An excise tax would be placed on anyone who does not comply. If this tax is not paid that person could be fined up to $25,000 and be sentenced to one year in jail. Aren’t the jails already overcrowded? Now we will need debtor and noncompliance jails. Isn’t this one of the reasons colonists fled England and came to this land? This is a punitive tax for behavior t hat the government does not approve. It is not constitutional. Did not Congress swear to uphold the Constitution?

It is also being proposed that people who smoke or who weigh more than the government deems appropriate would have to pay thirty percent more for health care insurance. This could be raised to fifty percent at a later date. The Food Police strike again. Wasn’t the main purpose of health care reform to make it more affordable? Over fifty percent of Americans are considered overweight; thus these people would pay significantly more. If they don’t or can’t comply, they could be placed in Fat Jails. Here calories could be restricted and exercise programs be made mandatory. This gives a whole new meaning to forced labor camps.

Does not Congress see how intrusive and even ridiculous these bills would be? The Constitution never gave the federal government power to control these aspects of our lives. It is no wonder more citizens are becoming more and more vocal every day. We are Americans. This goes against everything in which we believe.

Government Intrusion

If the proposed health care bills were truly about health care reform, they would easily and quickly pass. The bills seem to be less about health care and more about government control and power. The American people are saying, as loudly as possible, that they do not want a government takeover of health care. The government is already intruding into our lives more than we wish.

The government says it will provide greater coverage to more people at a lower cost. The government will do this by eliminating fraud and acting efficiently. Do you really expect the American public to believe this? We have all dealt with government bureaucracies and efficiency is not even in their vocabulary. The only part of the federal government that runs efficiently is the military. While it’s nice that you want to eliminate fraud, why haven’t you already tried to do it?

In the past six months we have seen the government takeover and control our financial institutions. We have seen the government takeover two large segments of the automotive industry in a travesty that ignored actual bankruptcy laws. Companies were taken away from the actual stockholders and awarded to the gover nment and unions in a move that would have awed and impressed Hugo Chavez. Now the government wants to takeover health care. No, thank you!

Health care should remain in the hands of the patient and their selected doctor. The government should not be in this equation. If I don’t like my health care plan, I can change it. Once the government gets involved that choice will disappear. No private company can compete with a government run, government subsidized program. They will eventually all be forced out of business. The federal government was instituted to protect the American people, not to control them. Congress needs to step back from their intrusions; take a deep breath; and listen to the American people.