RE: Democrats bargain with Washington on health care
Just a few thoughts:
Does anybody remember their economics class? Their is a stage of society known as Socialism - a collective governmentally owned and administrated means to produce and distribute goods. This social purgatory is nestled in between Capitalism and Communism. Let's look at the theory of Marxism. Marx stated that socialism IS the transitional stage from Capitolism to Communism. Some maybe most of you reading this may not remember the infamous Adolf Hitler and his rise to power and twisted theory born of Marxism called Nazism
Freedom of choice is what this country was built on we escaped a Monarchical government once before, should we be closing the doors of freedom to give our government more control than they already have? We have gone to war to protect ourselves and others from the oppression of communistic and imperialistic and monarchial governments.
Democracy is the type of government our forefathers established this country under, where the supreme governing power is the vested interest in the people by representation of elected delegates. This means we THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES are electing some one to office, responsible for the voice of our opinions and requests. We depend upon our representatives and senators to make the HONEST and RIGHTEOUS decision for the good of the PEOPLE, not the big businesses and corporations. Big business spends millions of dollars on lobbying and supporting their selected candidates, hoping that they will successfully influence public officals to sway the legislation to their side.
Where we should be looking is not towards a socialistic health program but towards a revision in the health care industry. The drug companies and insurance companies regulate the cost of what will be charged and paid for a certain drug. Insurance companies may not decide to pay for a certain drug or treatment because the business decision is to much of a risk to them. The coldness of their decisions is business related and not in favor of the public they serve. Oh sure Medical research works hard to produce new cures for our ailments and scientific breakthroughs in drugs and procedure through RESEARCH, a word that invariably rewards us with the highest price tag believed, that the public can bear. The Insurance industry their profits may not be from their incoming flow of premiums, however they would not be able to make their investments if they did not have the cash flow.
We can control this through our government legislature; require our representatives to enforce the lowering of cost of premiums, the manufacture of drugs and the acceptance of drugs and treatments. Big business will continue, the owners may only be able to have 3 or 4 homes instead of 6 or maybe the private jet will need to go public. We have allowed these big business to grow their wealth and live in excess at our expense.
Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with being rich, however if it is at the cost of being callous and greedy and does not serve the public, then their should be reconsideration on their parts to make the RIGHT choice.
