This idea of a National Health Care program is completely opposite of Thomas Jefferson’s intentions in the Declaration of Independence, in the U.S. Constitution and in the attached “Bill of Rights”. Do you realize that all three documents spend 90% of their time espousing what the government shouldn’t be doing? The government “shall not abridge the freedom of speech, shall not take your home to quarter soldiers, shall not violate your property rights, shall not . . . shall not . . .shall not.
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The goal of the Founders was to create a government that wouldn’t take over our lives. Moreover, the Constitution also sets forth what the government CAN do as well. Congress can coin money, create laws that protect us and provide for the common defense. That’s it. That’s all the government was formed to do. And basically since Roosevelt, our Presidents and elected officials have spit on the Constitution to get re-elected.
How many times, during elections, have you been told what a candidate will start doing for you? They’re always telling us how they’re going to fix things when they get into office and it’s always something the government is going to do to fix it. How about the Department of Education, Food & Drug Administration, Social Security Retirement, and now the ownership and management of banks, auto manufacturers and soon Health Care.
None of these things are bad things to do, but they’re not what the government is authorized to do nor are they things the government should do.
I’m willing to give up some of what I have because much of what I have is as wrong as a National Health Care program. Free Government Schools, Social Security and Unemployment are “gifts” that society now treats as rights. When a National Health Care program is passed, it won’t be long before it’s considered a natural right, too.
Where are people with charitable hearts going to go when the government provides everything? And when is government going to recognize that charity, private enterprise and human nature will come to the aid when beckoned. Soup kitchens, scholarships, and small charities nationwide have been helping people with health care, school and simple things like food and shelter for years.
When did the world give up on their efforts and decide that eliminating them was better than bolstering them?
