tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post8699757231499330702..comments2012-12-29T08:03:38.375-08:00Comments on Take America Back: 5 Point Health Care Reform PlanWTLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05093753212267056321noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post-6774621167451463102009-12-05T12:56:49.286-08:002009-12-05T12:56:49.286-08:00Early last year, I took inputs from a bunch of con...Early last year, I took inputs from a bunch of conservatives and put together a mostly serious (a little tongue in cheek just to hack off liberals) platform for a fictional American Tradition Party (see the Featured Posts section of my blog). You're health care proposals fit my ideals.The Crawfishhttp://constitutionalcrawfish.blogtownhall.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post-9344124766894535872009-12-03T07:11:00.733-08:002009-12-03T07:11:00.733-08:00My misguided friend:
Your misinterpretation of th...My misguided friend:<br /><br />Your misinterpretation of the preamble is profound. Apart from that, the Court has never used the preamble as a decisive factor to adjudicate a case before it. I suppose you can extrapolate anything you want out of it if it suits your agenda. KInd of like, what the meaning of "is", is.<br /><br />Based on your statements I can confidently declare you have scant knowledge of history, thus you distort the concept of freedom. Our Liberty was based on individual responsibility first and foremost. This absolute truth has been disregarded by the Left and is now on full display by our growing nanny-state. This is NOT the nation or culture contemplated by the Founders so to use their words to make your case is totally disingenuous.<br /><br />I have health insurance and it is good. Do I wish it were cheaper, of course. But do I begrudge the health insurance companies for trying to make money? Absolutely not. Truth be told, that industry has among the lowest profit margins of any industry in America. If you can name me one, just one, government provided service that is cheaper than is available in the private marketplace, I would like to know.<br /><br />It seems to me that your incredible and incredulous confidence in Government betrays a lack of confidence in yourself. Benjamin Franklin said it beautifully, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."<br /><br />And to bring it all together, this is what you and your like have done to America... courtesy of Mr. Franklin once again.<br /><br />"When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."<br /><br />Or perhaps, Thomas Jefferson.. "A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicity."<br /><br />I could go on and on. The point being... you cannot legitimately use any of the words, meanings, thoughts or intent of the Founding Fathers to justify your agenda which, intentional or not, seeks nothing less than the destruction of America.WTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093753212267056321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post-79105649825040051192009-12-02T18:56:36.257-08:002009-12-02T18:56:36.257-08:00In the preamble of our government it states that w...In the preamble of our government it states that we must secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosterity. That means that we must provide an adequate and livable life for ourselves (meaning people other than those that can afford healthcare, not just you) and our prosterity, meaing our generations to come. Our healthcare plan is not the best in the world as you state factualy in your argument, in fact it is far from it. The private insurance companies do not have our best interests at heart, they have $ signs at the interests if their hearts just like most conservatives. You say that "Healthcare is not a right, and yes that may be true but that is because there wasn't such a thing in 1789 when it was written. Private insurers have made their way into the rankings of our government to make sure that it stayed that way. Well i've got sad news, not for long. The bill will get passed and 10 years from now when you lose your job and develop cancer and don't have the funds for chemo, you'll be singing a different tune my friend. The world needs change, sadly theres not to much wiggle room for conservatives, that means get witht he program or deal with it. "Taking back America" you had America for 8 years and you drove into the ground.Sucelloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060390321329271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post-6417203523747270652009-11-24T14:02:49.680-08:002009-11-24T14:02:49.680-08:00Actually the U.S. is ranked 37th in the world in q...Actually the U.S. is ranked 37th in the world in quality healthcare. For profit healthcare is one of the things killing the countryt. lodgehttp://www.wgcr.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post-83660261807583763372009-11-16T07:24:15.361-08:002009-11-16T07:24:15.361-08:00No, I didn't forget to include such a provisio...No, I didn't forget to include such a provision. Healthcare is not a right. Now if you want to make it so, a Constitutional Amendment would be in order. Short of that, private business is more or less free to do business with whom they choose. <br /><br />I understand and appreciate your intention to provide healthcare "security" to those who cannot afford it. However, these people by and large already fall under Medicaid. That, and emergency care is refused no one in the United States. You seek to provide a greater level of security to some by restricting the freedom of others. I submit this to you...<br /><br />"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Ben FranklinWTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093753212267056321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170596096657614637.post-31284991545990162602009-11-16T00:53:48.824-08:002009-11-16T00:53:48.824-08:00You forgot the most vital component: preventing i...You forgot the most vital component: preventing insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. Unless such a provision is made in some fashion, it will be a non-starter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com