Posted by
Steve on Monday, October 26, 2009 4:03:36 PM
Over the weekend, I heard about numerous plans Democrats have to modify the existing 5 plans to make them more palatable to the American People. The reason they are willing to modify their plans to say almost anything, is that after enacted they can change it to fit what they want. At that point they will have breached the wall and it is all over.
Democrats with their grandiose plans are like a disease or an invading army. They are like a disease in that as long as you keep them out, they are basically harmless. You can identify them as dangerous, but outside your body, they do no harm to you. Once one bacteria or virus gets inside your body, then the infection can occur and you get sick. That is just like a Democrat plan to “fix” something. Once it is enacted, they will keep adding to it until it bankrupts us.
The Democrats are like an invading army, much like a disease. As long as the army is outside your city they are contained. Once they create a breach in the walls, it enables their army to invade and destroy your city.
A saying that I remember from some source is, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” We could modify that saying to be, “Beware of Democrats with a plan to ‘fix’ a problem.” Every time the Democrats “fix” a problem, their fix is around forever. We have federal programs that were put in place in the 1930’s to combat the depression that are still there. Every Democrat plan to “fix” something should have a very short shelf life before it is reviewed to determine if it is good. I would suggest a maximum shelf life of 5 years. If the Democrat plan does not solve the problem in 5 years, it is not going to solve the problem. At least that has been the track record of all Democrat programs put on the books since 1791. I realize that is a short span of time, but it is all that were available at the time of this writing. Also, records from United States sources are unreliable before 1791 and the inauguration of President George Washington.
My point is that we have to beware of people like Harry Reid coming out with a “public option” that an individual state can decide not to participate in. This sounds like a great compromise on whether a public option should be present at all. The problem is that all that would have to happen to destroy this seemingly wonderful idea is for the Congress to pass legislation requiring that all states have the “public option” available to their citizens. Also, the Congress will make sure that the public option will be so cheap that people will be asking for it over traditional plans that are burdened with regulations.
I am sure that there are other reasonable sounding plans out there. They are all Trojan Horses. They are designed to get you to lower your defenses and allow the Democrat Universal Healthcare plan (Obamacare) to pass. Once it has passed and is firmly in place, the Democrats would begin tinkering with it until it resembled the worst of the plans already submitted. Also, the cost figures are wildly lower than would actually occur. An example of government misjudging cost is Medicare. When Medicare was passed, it was estimated that it would cost $12 billion after 10 years. After 10 years, Medicate was costing taxpayers over 10 times that amount. We can expect similar results with all these Obamacare bills being adopted by the Democrats.
The best way to handle the situation is to take a step back. First we should kill all the current plans that are out there. Second, we should identify exactly what the problem is in the first place. Third, we should devise a plan that will solve the problem or problems identified in step two. Also, Congress should be required to live under any plan that they pass for the country. That would mean giving up on their Congressional perks, but that would be the price they should pay to pass the bill on healthcare. The things that are not problems should be left alone because they work well. The doctor/patient relationship is one of the items that is working well.