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Whenever I start to complain about the state of affairs in the United States, how we are slowly losing liberty, self reliance, and self determination to the juggernaut that is big government, people will point out that I should be happy that I have as many freedoms as I have, that we are still the most liberty-laden country in the world, and I should sit down and shut up.

This is my reply:

Imagine that your grandfather wanted to buy you a car. A nice sports car, with leather seats, and state o… Continue

The politicians complain, endlessly, about the fact that health care in the United States is extremely expensive. They strut and posture, in indignation, at the "evil" insurance companies and medical care providers that get rich at the expense of the poor, innocent patient who is being bled dry, and thrown away when they are no longer profitable to the industry. They see problems, and they say to themselves, "we must do something to fix this". But that is the problem. They attempt to "mandate" a… Continue

You would think that every American has the right to be healthy, and I would agree that anyone has the right to "be" anything they have the ability to be. But look at the question. Health care is a service. So to clarify, I will ask some of the questions that are missed in the media. When answering these questions, there are two rules.

1. Warm fuzzy feelings don't count.
2. People have a right to be mean and stingy, when it comes to their property.

so, here goes:



1. From whom do you demand… Continue

Using universal health care as an example:

If the cause is so important to you, support (or start) a private organization whose mission it is to provide health care for those who cannot afford it. My responsibility to my fellow man is a moral one, and whether we have a moral responsibility to support those causes which benefit others (social security, welfare, universal health care) is moot, because it is not the responsibility of government, nor should it have the authority, to enforce moralit… Continue

An argument against a government run health care system using medicare as an example:

Look at the increase in the price of health care since medicare (government run) came into being. If you could charge the government an artificially high price for a service (as long as you charged everyone else the same) you would. The quality drops, ( there is no pressure to give good care, just more care) because the one paying isn't the one recieving the service. If we got government out of health care ent… Continue