How can you tell when you have a right? I believe and our founders and framers of these United States of America that rights come from our creator. So this is why health care insurance being a "right" is very odd. I'm not sure insurance could be a right UNLESS you believe your creator is your government.
I'm fairly sure that this government couldn't handle something so complicated as creating life. They mess up the things they are supposed to do like the census. Let me attempt to make this clear to even liberals like Al Franken . If the government grants you rights, whatever the government says your rights are and are not, those are your rights.
In this country we believe our rights are unalienable (incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another or not to be separated, given away, or taken away) and if you are not born with health insurance it would be because someone as taken that right from you. Doesn't this sound crazy?
I hope this makes sense to someone, because this "health care" reform bill just attempted to make health care insurance a right.
Next stop, your right to a job, living wage, and home... Oh wait...
"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood."
James Madison
Like all great literature and philosophy they are timeless. Can you imagine what James Madison (commonly called the father of the constitution) would say about this current Congress and President? In my never to be humble opinion, the two are a dark stain on Americas great history.
This is crazy, these Democrats need to go, ALL OF THEM. I don't why a party would so mindlessly destroying themselves and this country. This is the problem with people who base all decisions on feeling and emotion. You can show these statists the fact that forcing people to get off the government TEAT and get a job (almost any job) is better in both long and short run, they won't listen.
You Democrats ever get tired of being wrong? Why do you hate my country? And why do all solutions start with government acting like a Robin Hood and ending with the government just acting like a thug.
I'm so tired of President Obama that I spit. Is it 2012 yet? Can we have an early election? I think we should amend the constitution to add the ability of 3/4 of the states to call for a no confidence vote of the President. This would trigger an election in 90 days in any year but a Presidential election year. Just a thought...
Obama hates the private sector SO much that even private school children bother him because they are not completely controlled by a government agency.
He needs to go in 2012 and this congress needs a major face lift in 2010.
This is really why all income tax should be flat. When I get into an argument with liberals about government they argue as to how unfair one situation is and how the government should help. They are always for a minority as long as they can have a VICTIM labeled next to them.
If 97% of the population voted against you, how would you feel? What would you do if all your neighbors decided that you are going to pay the neighborhood property taxes? I think I would move and I think the top 3% of the productive citizens of Oregon should move.
The vote was 54 -46 for a tax hike, but the only people paying higher taxes will be the top 3%.
At some point Democrats should take credit for our economy. Since they took control of the Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008 we have gone from under 5% unemployment to 10%. The Dow Jones is still off about 4000 points and now unemployment rates are dropping because people are GIVING UP!!!
What the HELL IS GOING ON!!!. Could we pay Congress and the President 2 trillion to just meet once (mandated in the Constitution) a stay home the rest of the year.
Anyone care to ask why Obama and the Dems beat the "to lower the debt we have to FIX health care" drum? I'll tell you why, we have almost $75 trillion dollars in unfunded Medicare liabilities. We need more people paying the government (being taxed) for health care even if they wouldn't see any "benefits" for 4 years.
Here the the big budget items: $757 Billion on Medicare and Medicaid $680 Billion on Social Security $660 Billion on Defense $388 Billion on the Interest on our Debt $189 Billion on Federal Pensions $20 Billion on Earmarks source: usdebtclock.org
Anyone feel like adding a new government program with a debt to GDP ratio of 87% ???