Universal Health Care Would Ruin U.S.

Before you get your panties in a bunch, I realize that the Obamassiah’s health care plan is not “universal health care,” but it is one step closer toward socialized care. When talking about letting our government run our national health care system, there are a few questions you need to ask yourself:

1) Do you really want the federal government in charge of YOUR health care?

Not one department in the U.S. government runs 100% efficiently (or anywhere near it). And you can’t expect them to with all the bureaucratic forces running against them. Politics is a dirty business and I would like to keep all of the baggage that comes with government-run agencies outside of hospitals. The best analogy I’ve heard is this: Would you rather your health care plan be like going to the Department of Motor Vehicles (single-payer, government-run) or a department store (you decide where to go)? Furthermore, do you really want the federal government in charge of something as vital to you as your health care? Malpractice lawsuits would erupt into an even bigger issue f people could sue their government for every botched procedure.

2) What is the actual cost of nationalized health care?

Competition is essential in keeping our free market stable. “Free” universal health care is like everything else: NOT FREE. The only way to pay for everyone’s health care plans is to have taxpaying citizens pay even higher taxes. You know how much the Dems love their taxes. Not only will individual taxes go sky-high, but corporate income taxes and Social Security taxes would also hit the ceiling. If health care is all-inclusive, doctors’ offices will fill up every time someone catches a sniffle and organs will not be the only things on waiting lists. In this kind of system, healthy people will be paying for those who lead unhealthy lifestyles (i.e. smokers, obese). Not only would private practices take a huge hit, but so would the medical industry. Patients wouldn’t be able to choose their doctors and doctors wouldn’t be able to choose their patients. Additionally, who would want practice medicine with government officials breathing down their neck? In short, lots of tax dollars will be spent for less-than-adequate care. Sounds like a raw deal to me.

3) Will universal health care solve the real problem?

The Dems often cite the millions of uninsured Americans as being the flaw of today’s current health care system. Just because they are uninsured, does not mean they cannot receive treatment from nonprofits and government-run hospitals. It is also illegal to refuse emergency medical service to someone without insurance. But If the government starts handing out free medical care to every person (including those living on welfare), the system will inevitably collapse and it will take our capitalistic economy with it. “Like social security, any government benefit eventually is taken as a ‘right’ by the public, meaning that it’s politically near impossible to remove or curtail it later on when costs get out of control” (from BalancedPolitics.org).

Aside from all the socioeconomic reasons, nationalized health care is not a response to the real things people are suffering from. The leading causes of death in the U.S. are heart disease, cancer, and stroke. These diseases and biological attacks cannot be treated by one quick trip to the hospital (government-run or otherwise). Peter Huber writes in his editorial, “The cholera of our times is a stew of molecules, concocted by genes, gluts of cigarettes, beer, ice cream and other delicious consumables, and by whatever attitude problems we might have about eating our peas or taking our pills.” We are in the era of chronic disease and what we need to invest in is new medicine, not a new health care system. I admit that our health care system does need some reform, but socialized medicine is not the cure we need.

Article(s):

Universal Healthcare’s Dirty Little Secrets

How The New Medicine Renders Universal Health Care Impossible

Resource(s):

Balanced Politics: Universal Health Care

Global Scamming

I have been quite convinced for some time now that this whole “global warming” phenomenon is part of a scam from the Left wing of American politics. The whole thing really took off around the time Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth came out. (The fact that he won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IPCC is immensely disturbing.) The American Left, along with their friends in the MSM, have been able to convince us that we are somehow responsible for a shift in global climate change.

Every year, people around the globe invest in billions of dollars into “green” products. How did the Greens (the term for these environmentalist whackos from Paul Johnson’s article) accomplish this? They used a different kind of green: money. The Greens, predominately made up of the liberal elite, have convinced the rest of America (and the world at large) to invest in the “environmentally-friendly” programs that they run. They have bullied us into buying “green”: green appliances, green cars, and green shopping bags. It is a myth that “going green” will have a significant effect on Earth’s climate. In fact, many of these so-called green items do more to harm the environment than help it. (Check out Ellen Gamerman of WSJ’s “An Inconvenient Bag”.)
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not anti-environment, but I am anti-global warming propaganda. I do not deny that climate change exists, but I refute the notion that it is man-made and thus we are mandated (note the pun) to somehow put a stop to it. The actual science behind global warming is shaky at best. You can’t tell me there is proof when there is scientific evidence showing the exact opposite. The scary thing is that global warming has become both a science and a religion for these environmentalist nutjobs. Eminent British historian and author Paul Johnson articulates it well in his column “The Nonsense of Global Warming”:

The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels–the essence of the Greens’ theory of global warming–has about as much basis in science as Marxism and Freudianism. Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules. Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor. If the theory’s conclusions are accepted and agreed upon, the destructive results will be felt most severely in those states that adhere to the rule of law and will observe restrictions most faithfully. The global warming activists’ target is the U.S. If America is driven to accept crippling restraints on its economy it will rapidly become unable to shoulder its burdens as the world’s sole superpower and ultimate defender of human freedoms. We shall all suffer, however, as progress falters and then ceases and living standards decline.

With many more real problems worldwide, it is such a tragedy that we have been suckered into this global warming scam. Environmental waste is a problem, but buying off your “carbon footprint” is not the solution. I should give credit to the liberals for coming up with such an ingenious idea: Make every day Earth Day and make everyone else pay for it. In all likeliness, we will use up our oil supplies and run out of food, as a result of these eco-friendly projects, before the Earth ignites into a giant fireball. Now that’s the inconvenient truth.

Article(s):

Top Ten ‘Global-Warming’ Myths

The Nonsense of Global Warming

Global warming — myth, threat or opportunity?

I’m Not PC, I’m a Mac

Nine times out of ten, the term “politically correct” is used in a satire form. But the scary thing is that the use of political correctness (PC) as a tool of restricting free speech (and free thought) is a reality. It is a reality based upon cultural Marxism: that everything is related to the power struggle between the classes. PC has been adopted by the American Left and is used to intimidate people they don’t agree with. Look at what happened to Don Imus.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t be careful of what you say based upon the circumstances because there can be repercussions. My point is that you shouldn’t be AFRAID to say certain things. Someone will always take offense to something said. Does that mean you should verbally walk on eggshells your entire life? Constantly worrying about offending someone’s race, gender, religion, culture, sexual orientation, (fill in the blank), is the real crime. Jacques Barzun once said, “Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.” Political correctness is not about teaching tolerance of “otherness,” it’s about teaching ignorance about the “oneness” of human nature.

I see people as individuals, not as members of groups. That is not to say I do not make generalized comments about groups of people, because I do. But what I say is not targeted to an individual member of said group, it’s about the party or culture as a (socially-constructed) whole. Just a few questions, I’ve been pondering…

Why is it wrong for me to use the term “fag”? Answer: because I’m not a member of that “group.” Why is it wrong for people to use the term “colored people” and “Negro” today when organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) still exist? Is the term Asian offensive? Some say yes because it groups all Asian nations into a unified term; some say no because it groups all Asian nations into a unified term.

This is just a glimpse into the way I look at the world (in a totally non-PC kind of way). So as you continue reading my blog, be aware that I will probably offend you in some way. It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I do. I care about free speech and I care about humanity (spambots aside).

- extraordinarIAN



Writer’s note: My name is Ian Mac (from MacPhail, which is Scottish.) That’s why the title is ironic (if you’ve seen Apple’s “PC vs. Mac” commercials). I shouldn’t need to explain these things, but just in case you didn’t know.