Posted by
bob's my uncle on Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:59:42 PM
I have written another letter to my congressman, Pete
Sessions. I know he feels pretty much the same way I do about Obamacare, but I
have to let him hear it in both ears. Hopefully he can pass on some of my
sentiments to his "colleagues" in the Politburo. I hope he gets a lot
of the same thing when he comes to Richardson City Hall for his Townhall
meeting next Wednesday. Enjoy.
Dear Congressman Sessions,
I used
to believe that I lived in the United States of America, the Land of the Free,
and the Home of the Brave. I used to believe that Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of
Happiness were the eternal truths, the "unalienable rights" that all
free men were entitled to. Now I see that I am being moved to some new country,
where my unalienable rights are going to be squashed, and it's beginning to
look a whole lot like the Soviet Union.
I can
look back over my 53 years on this earth, and I can see how we've gotten here.
Public Schools have quit teaching our history and pride in our country. We, as
a people, have quit believing in and praying to God. Politicians have sold our
heritage to enrich themselves and empower their parties. They've made promises
of bread and circuses to every citizen in exchange for votes. When that wasn't
enough, they made those promises and more to citizens from other countries to
entice them to come here in ever greater numbers, illegally, I might add. The
Constitution is shredded, reinterpreted, trod upon, spat upon, and rendered
useless and ineffective.
They
might as well take it out of its protective case in the National Archives
Building, and let it rot. It's doing us no good in the condition it's in
currently. You cannot now, read the plain meaning of the words, and see how
this government complies with it. I will assert that 12 or so generations of
lawyers and judges have done a terrific job of mucking it up.
We no
longer have a "government of the people, by the people, and for the
people." Replace the word "people" with "politicians"
and it is now more close to correct.
Here
we are in middle of a debate that should never happen in this land of liberty.
How much more government are we going to allow in our healthcare? If the
government wholly consumes the healthcare industry, which the current plan in
consideration will do, then none of us will have the freedom to choose
otherwise. The government becomes the sole arbiter of your life and your death,
and the quality of your life, should you ever become seriously ill. Do you want
that to happen? I don't! I don't trust this government, or ANY government to
have MY best interests in mind. The goal of all governments is to exercise
power.
Congressman,
am I correct in stating that YOUR most excellent Congressional healthplan will
not change at all? Won't you still enjoy
all of the options you enjoy now?
Let me
make a prediction. When this government plan is in place, at some point, even
your precious healthplan will suffer in some way, at least in cost. High demand
and low supply will always cause the price of a commodity to rise. Invariably, this plan will squeeze providers
so that there will be fewer and fewer going into the profession and more and
more leaving it. Even your plan will become extremely expensive to maintain at
the current level of benefit. But YOU will not pay. The taxpayers will! At the same time we will have to pay to
maintain your Cadillac plan, we will also be paying for the second or third
class care allotted to us by our ever loving Federal Government.
There
is but one way to control the costs of this plan. That is to place chains on
both patients and providers. Restrict patient access through rationing, and
restrict payments to providers. Already
this happens in the Medicare and Medicaid systems. It is the private insurance
system that is keeping the entire cost structure afloat.
I have
no confidence that a politician or bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. can
administer any program or regulate my life in any way to my liking. I
don't trust or rely on the bozos in Austin, the Dallas County Comissioners, or
even those in my city hall to add to my life any great
"quality". My goal is to
provide for myself and my family the best that I can, then to be LEFT ALONE by
interfering government do-gooders, and nanny-state regulators.
Excuse
me while I declare my INDEPENDENCE. What prescriptions for my life the
government may impose, I reject. Now, I'm not talking only about the healthcare
the government may provide, I'm also talking about what they may IMPOSE. If I
smoke, drink liquor, or if I am overweight, will they be able to deny me care
if I need it? And what if I commit the
sin of being old?
Are they going to make
sure that I don't eat Twinkies every day? Is Big Nanny Government going to
check my grocery and fast food receipts? Already there are "watchdog
groups" talking about how much "the obese" are costing the
healthcare system, and we've heard how costly smokers are to healthcare for my
entire life. Once in place are they
going to use it to control my behavior? “You’d better eat right”. “You’d better
exercise”. “We’re going to have to deny you care if you’re naughty”.
I do
not see this healthcare legislation as some benign government benefit, that
will be "for my own good." I
see it as a Trojan Horse, that once brought into the city gates, threatens to
take away what liberty that I have left. I will not cede my liberty to the
government for the sake of any other citizen. For, if I do, no citizen can
claim liberty. We will all become beggars to the state. We will all lose our
freedom.
We the
People ... are so screwed!
I
would rather have no doctor and no access to healthcare if it means giving up
my liberty. I'd rather live or die in
the hands of my loving God, than be beggared to a faceless government
bureaucrat who most likely does not have my best interests in mind.