Slow Down on Health Care Reform
HR 101- the work place is not the place to discuss politics or religion. But when politicians propose to change the face of the industry you do business in, you have an obligation to speak up. It is in this light that I comment on health care reform and what I see as a monumental mistake without proper due diligence and on the backs of small business and high income earners.
What is the role of government? My expectations are simple. In the most basic sense I expect it to:
-Provide security and defense
-Create and maintain infrastructure
-Manage and enforce laws
-Provide a baseline of education for citizens
As proven time and time again, government doesn’t do even these basic things very well. The examples of government waste are so common they are as cliché as the $640 toilet seat: More examples here: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm839-list.cfm.
With this abysmal track record, our government wants to take over healthcare.
What evidence has the government given us that they can manage, let alone successfully reform our healthcare system? What evidence do we have that what it will be shaped into will be better than what we have today? Is it the role of government to provide healthcare for all? Why not also provide universal food? Universal housing? Universal transportation? You can extend this argument into absurdity. Where do we draw the line?
These are the same folks who passed an $800 billion stimulus bill without one person actually reading it! http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43478)
Can you imagine employing a person who signs contracts without reading them? It comes as no suprise that given the time to read and understand the stimulus bill it is full of pork, waste, and questionable earmarks. Examples here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310466514522309.html
In only 6 months I have watched the government take control of the automotive, finance, and insurance industries under the pretense of “too big to fail”. Trillions have been committed to save questionable businesses that have made bad decisions. Our elected officials are putting a suffocating amount of debt on we the people for generations to come (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25164.html) without proper due diligence or an exit strategy.
Most Americans are distracted and are simply trying to survive in this economy and have little capacity to digest the ramifications of nationalized healthcare. Washington has proven that if you create legislation fast enough and push it hard enough you can pass almost anything. "Never let a good crisis go to waste." is turning out to be fact, and not tongue-in-cheek.
Most good things are imperfect and can be improved upon. The current U.S. healthcare system is no exception. Despite the criticism our system receives, no other country has produced more advancements in medicine or improved peoples quality of life more than the United States. Examples here: http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba649
Before we drastically alter healthcare, we need to have careful analysis and thoughtful debate from people far outside the beltway.
Darik
What is the role of government? My expectations are simple. In the most basic sense I expect it to:
-Provide security and defense
-Create and maintain infrastructure
-Manage and enforce laws
-Provide a baseline of education for citizens
As proven time and time again, government doesn’t do even these basic things very well. The examples of government waste are so common they are as cliché as the $640 toilet seat: More examples here: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm839-list.cfm.
With this abysmal track record, our government wants to take over healthcare.
What evidence has the government given us that they can manage, let alone successfully reform our healthcare system? What evidence do we have that what it will be shaped into will be better than what we have today? Is it the role of government to provide healthcare for all? Why not also provide universal food? Universal housing? Universal transportation? You can extend this argument into absurdity. Where do we draw the line?
These are the same folks who passed an $800 billion stimulus bill without one person actually reading it! http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43478)
Can you imagine employing a person who signs contracts without reading them? It comes as no suprise that given the time to read and understand the stimulus bill it is full of pork, waste, and questionable earmarks. Examples here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310466514522309.html
In only 6 months I have watched the government take control of the automotive, finance, and insurance industries under the pretense of “too big to fail”. Trillions have been committed to save questionable businesses that have made bad decisions. Our elected officials are putting a suffocating amount of debt on we the people for generations to come (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25164.html) without proper due diligence or an exit strategy.
Most Americans are distracted and are simply trying to survive in this economy and have little capacity to digest the ramifications of nationalized healthcare. Washington has proven that if you create legislation fast enough and push it hard enough you can pass almost anything. "Never let a good crisis go to waste." is turning out to be fact, and not tongue-in-cheek.
Most good things are imperfect and can be improved upon. The current U.S. healthcare system is no exception. Despite the criticism our system receives, no other country has produced more advancements in medicine or improved peoples quality of life more than the United States. Examples here: http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba649
Before we drastically alter healthcare, we need to have careful analysis and thoughtful debate from people far outside the beltway.
Darik
posted by Darik Volpa at
6:58 PM
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