A Nation Of Children

Watching the C-SPAN vote on the Democrats Health Care Reform Bills, the paternalistic philosophy of governance that drives the liberal mindset became increasingly apparent for public consumption. As recent public comments by the likes of House Speaker Pelosi and President Obama himself have shown, their continued push to socialize the health care industry and our country would continue despite the will of the people. That is because of their sincere belief that the American people are not capable of self determination but must be cared and provided for, as a child of the paternalistic government. Provisions by government create dependency on government and a self perpetuating deterioration into socialism.

Mrs. Pelosi repeatedly and proudly referred to Social Security and Medicare in her giddy excitement over the socialization of yet another aspect of American life. Americans are not capable of educating themselves and their family and must consequently be educated by a failing government school system (Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln must not have ever existed). Americans are not capable of planning for their own retirement and must consequently be forced through taxation into a financially bankrupt Social Security System despite its pathetic return on investment. Americans are not capable of purchasing health insurance due to perverted circumstances created by the government and must consequently be forced into a more bureaucratic government controlled system. All of this is necessary in the liberal mindset because the common people just are not capable of self determination. The arrogance and audacity of the liberal mindset belies the "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" that Mrs. Pelosi attempted to quote, as if socialism is in some way a part of the American fabric. Liberals do not like to be reminded that it was originally "life, liberty and property", because they have not respect for any of the three. In the liberal mind set life, liberty and property of the individual must be second to the proper distribution of said factors as they deem "fair".

Indeed we as a society have been moving away from self determination for decades. In American life, and now in the Health Care Reform Bill, adolescence has been extended into the mid to late 20's. Previously people of this age were supporting themselves and their families. Now these able young Americans are encouraged, indeed subsidized, to remain dependent. Where young family members used to aid and support the elders of their family, they are now encouraged, indeed subsidized to turn both children and elders over to the paternalistic government. Once multi-generational dependency is solidified, we will indeed be children of the liberals. We will be seeking to please them for whatever provisions they deem us worthy of receiving.

If you think this is an exaggeration, then I refer to Mrs. Pelosi's "great unfinished business of our society" comment. She was obviously referring to a stepped up version of the recognized failure of "The Great Society". She referred to health care coverage as a right. According to the dictionary, a right is that which is due to anyone by just claim. If health care is a right then one has a right to a portion of a doctor's life without expectation of compensation. Either that or a right to someone's property that will be used to compensate a doctor for their service. You see a right is something that does not require anything of another. It is due to the holder by its very nature. With health care being a right this will by definition take from another as determined by the government.

The liberal government aristocracy has taken another step to total paternalistic control. At what point will the American people regain the fortitude to accept responsibility and demand that which are truly their inalienable rights.

Government (Public) School Systems A Forecast Of Health Care Coverage

As government school systems nationwide are drowning in deficits, many are responding in typical top-heavy bureaucratic fashion. Education is being rationed through proposals to shorten the school week to four days rather than five, or decreasing the number of school days in a year. Personnel that actually provide the supposedly highly valued services are being cut from the bottom. This is all despite the fact that public school systems generally spend more than twice the amount of money per student than private schools. In fact, those systems that spend the most often produce the least. As I read of the struggles of government school systems, I can't help but foresee the same issues occurring when the health care system is socialized.

The fundamental problem arises from the fact that middle class Americans virtually have all liberty taken from them and are saddled with a tremendous burden of subsidizing a system of epidemic waste. You see all net taxpayers have to pay for the costs associated with the government school system through taxation. If a household is of low income, they enjoy the fruits of the system while shouldering little to no cost of services rendered. If a household is affluent, despite having to pay for government school system services through their taxes, they shoulder the costs of paying for a better service through a private school (secular or otherwise). It is the middle class that shoulders an even greater burden, because if it were not for their mandated funding of the government system, paying for the better private school education could be more feasible. Health Care Reform is heading down the same path. Net taxpayers will subsidize the government run system. Those of sufficient affluence will be able to pay for better health care despite being forced to subsidize the government system. The middle class taxpayer will also subsidize the system, but will under go a struggle to pay for the better private system, or subject themselves to the government system. This system will operate without fear of competition due to the forced subsidizing of the government system by those who drive the private system that would compete with it. This inevitably fosters a culture of complacency and entitlement to the tax dollars that fund it. As we have seen, this has led to the bureaucratic waste that causes the plodding systems to be slow to respond to the pressures of operating a non-profit or not-for-profit business until a crisis is on the doorstep. Without fear of competition, complacency and entitlement almost always leads to an inferior product or service. We see it today with the our government schools, the postal system and we will inevitably see it in our new government health care system.