Anyone that has had to deal with bureaucracy at any level has faced the frustration that makes healthcare tied to the government a really poor decision. Medicare patients have to have a supplemental policy to cover what Medicare will not cover and some doctors will not take Medicare. Texas low income families on the state CHIPS childcare program also find that some medical facilities will not take CHIPS patients, their complaint being that the state is not paying them. CASH FOR CLUCKERS has some dealers on the ropes due to the bureaucratic maze that makes it agonizingly slow to get paid by government bureaucracy. Bureaucracy at work.
Government bureaucracy moves very slowly, a very powerful argument against national health care. That’s not the only argument. The track record of waste and fraud in government is irrefutable. Bureaucracy survives on the sweat of the working American, an apparent endangered species due to the antics of current government.
It would seem to be treasonous to vote for legislation one has not bothered to read (and understand) when they are elected to represent us. This is at the very least unethical and might should make one liable in a civil suit. Setting precedents by circumventing The Constitution to the point of Its’ irrelevancy should wake up The Supreme Court. No, we do not need any level of government bureaucracy tied to our health care. Tort reform and malpractice insurance limits makes much more sense, and may even be constitutional.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
A mandate?? NOT!!
A mandate must be something you get when you win an election by a mere 4%, as that is the difference in the popular vote for Obama, yet he calls it a ‘mandate’, justification for all he is doing that has become so unpopular with those that pay taxes.
Note: One could win each state by ONE vote therefore getting ALL electoral college votes, haled as a LANDSLIDE when, in actuality, the win was by a 50 vote margin, a LONG WAY from a landslide mandated victory. Unrealistic but possible. The point is simply that, out of the less that half of the registered voters that voted, he collected a miserly 4% majority. AND….more voters stayed home than voted. Apathy? The price is paid by all..
Note: One could win each state by ONE vote therefore getting ALL electoral college votes, haled as a LANDSLIDE when, in actuality, the win was by a 50 vote margin, a LONG WAY from a landslide mandated victory. Unrealistic but possible. The point is simply that, out of the less that half of the registered voters that voted, he collected a miserly 4% majority. AND….more voters stayed home than voted. Apathy? The price is paid by all..
Playing us for fools ..
If one were to look at the costs of the various government programs and departments one would find that the illegal alien use of our social programs costs American taxpayers far more than both battle fronts of this War on Terror.
If one were to look at Social Security one would find that our government has allowed these illegal aliens to tap into a fund into which they have never paid a nickel.
They cannot write a health bill that will not take care of the illegal aliens. They are already written into the system. The proof lies in the waiting rooms of The Social Security Administration Building and the emergency rooms of our hospitals.
Maybe they should read The Constitution, a relative simple document that is sheer genius in it's simplicity and was written without the need for 'legalese' by men that were real men, a bit of a rarity today.
If one were to look at Social Security one would find that our government has allowed these illegal aliens to tap into a fund into which they have never paid a nickel.
They cannot write a health bill that will not take care of the illegal aliens. They are already written into the system. The proof lies in the waiting rooms of The Social Security Administration Building and the emergency rooms of our hospitals.
Maybe they should read The Constitution, a relative simple document that is sheer genius in it's simplicity and was written without the need for 'legalese' by men that were real men, a bit of a rarity today.
Name the names..
You hear in all the conservative news programs about the irresponsible massive amounts of pork gorged on by our elected representatives. It would be much more productive to report the names, to point out just who has injected just what self-serving expenditures in proposed legislation.
I personally think our members of Congress should all be required to attend a seminar on the meaning of ‘responsibility’, just what it means to be elected to ‘represent the people’, that the government ‘has no money of it’s own’, that it’s taxpayers money and to respect that FACT. We’d be much better off if they would simply leave our money alone and go home. Without their insidious meddling (which is the root cause of this governmental mess) the economy would take care of itself, the market would surface and we would all be the better for it.
Term limits, required Social Security participation, and no retirement plans would solve an incredible amount of the issues we have with our government.
I personally think our members of Congress should all be required to attend a seminar on the meaning of ‘responsibility’, just what it means to be elected to ‘represent the people’, that the government ‘has no money of it’s own’, that it’s taxpayers money and to respect that FACT. We’d be much better off if they would simply leave our money alone and go home. Without their insidious meddling (which is the root cause of this governmental mess) the economy would take care of itself, the market would surface and we would all be the better for it.
Term limits, required Social Security participation, and no retirement plans would solve an incredible amount of the issues we have with our government.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
In Proper Perspective
To put this in proper perspective; saving 250 million out of a trillion dollar budget is like saving twenty-five cents out of a thousand dollar bill. We should be so impressed. For the federal government to tell us that they will save 250 billion out of a trillion dollar budget is a pipe dream. That would be a 25% savings. Do any of us really believe the government can actually save 25% of anything? A trillion is a million million. We simply cannot afford trillion dollar budgets or multiple trillions of dollars of indebtedness. Sadly, we are already there and getting worse daily.
We need to get the federal government out of our lives. Case in point is the relationship of our schools to federal tax monies. Our schools have sold their souls to, and are held hostage by, federal tax dollars. A simple example is the attendance requirement. To qualify, schools must adhere to strict attendance levels to the point that has little connection to common sense.
Parents get threatening letters and seniors are threatened with an ineligibility to graduate, not based on grade average but on attendance levels. No matter that the students have made up the work and passed the required tests. All of that takes a back seat to attendance. One can have a perfect grade average, miss too many days (excused or unexcused, does not matter) and suffer through no diploma.
On the other side of this arrogance is the force used toward teachers by, first the coaches, then the principal, to pass failing athletes. Tied to federal tax monies? Probably.
We need to get the federal government out of our lives. Case in point is the relationship of our schools to federal tax monies. Our schools have sold their souls to, and are held hostage by, federal tax dollars. A simple example is the attendance requirement. To qualify, schools must adhere to strict attendance levels to the point that has little connection to common sense.
Parents get threatening letters and seniors are threatened with an ineligibility to graduate, not based on grade average but on attendance levels. No matter that the students have made up the work and passed the required tests. All of that takes a back seat to attendance. One can have a perfect grade average, miss too many days (excused or unexcused, does not matter) and suffer through no diploma.
On the other side of this arrogance is the force used toward teachers by, first the coaches, then the principal, to pass failing athletes. Tied to federal tax monies? Probably.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
You had your chance, now it's broke
The federal government’s track record with social programs is dismal at best. The US Postal Service was established in 1775. After 234 years of trying to get it right, it is now broke. Social Security was established in 1935. After 74 years of trying to get it right, it is now broke. Fannie Mae, established in 1938, after 71 years of trying to get it right, is now broke. The ‘War on Poverty’ started in 1964 and after 45 years has never been successful.
Medicare and Medicaid was established in 1965. 44 years later that program is broke. Freddie Mac, 1970. 39 years later is broke. The TARP, STIMULUS, The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, all for naught. The ‘Cash for Clunker’ was a three billion dollar blunder.
With a 100% failure rate do we want to trust a government run national health care system? Some lessons are hard but this one borders on the ridiculous, not to mention that any sense of constitutionality stretches the English language well beyond intent.
Medicare and Medicaid was established in 1965. 44 years later that program is broke. Freddie Mac, 1970. 39 years later is broke. The TARP, STIMULUS, The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, all for naught. The ‘Cash for Clunker’ was a three billion dollar blunder.
With a 100% failure rate do we want to trust a government run national health care system? Some lessons are hard but this one borders on the ridiculous, not to mention that any sense of constitutionality stretches the English language well beyond intent.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Why indeed...
I’d like some answers. Why do we have generals if the politicians are going to run the war? Why do we need a government agency to run anything when all government agencies are fraught with fraud and budget abuses? Why would we want our federal government anywhere near our health care when all examples of that have failed dismally?
Why do we refuse to acknowledge racism when it is obvious? Proof is in remembering all the hoopla over the first Black president. Why do we refuse to acknowledge the fact that a white President would never be able to get away with what Obama has gotten away with? Could it be that racism had turned into reverse racism?
Why do we not have term limits? Why do we put up with the blatant lack of respect for the tax monies forced from us? Why do we have legislators taking junkets all over the world on our nickel? Why do we not freeze federal budgets and the number of staff personnel? Why do we allow them the pay increases, the health plan, the retirement plan they so humbly vote themselves? Compared to the benefits allowed our military personnel it is an abomination. How many of our politicians have ever died for our country?
Why indeed.
Why do we refuse to acknowledge racism when it is obvious? Proof is in remembering all the hoopla over the first Black president. Why do we refuse to acknowledge the fact that a white President would never be able to get away with what Obama has gotten away with? Could it be that racism had turned into reverse racism?
Why do we not have term limits? Why do we put up with the blatant lack of respect for the tax monies forced from us? Why do we have legislators taking junkets all over the world on our nickel? Why do we not freeze federal budgets and the number of staff personnel? Why do we allow them the pay increases, the health plan, the retirement plan they so humbly vote themselves? Compared to the benefits allowed our military personnel it is an abomination. How many of our politicians have ever died for our country?
Why indeed.
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