#3 & #44 – GREAT comments! Our current healthcare system is in dire need of an overhaul; however, the government is NEVER the answer. Everything it touches ultimately ends up reeking of incompetence, fraud, abuse, corruption, etc. (e.g. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, FEMA, TARP, bailouts, stimulus #1 and the list goes on). There will never be a perfect solution due to the complexity of the system. A good start would be for everyone to acknowledge this and get focused on the changes that would have the greatest positive impact, tort reform across the board and once and for all addressing our illegal immigration issue.
If all of the illegal immigrants left there would be billions saved to direct to needs of poor US citizens. We don’t have to go around and round-up 12+ million illegals either. If our federal gov’t. would enforce the current laws and fine the heck out of companies hiring illegals the jobs would dry-up because it would not be to the benefit of these companies to hire them anymore since the savings they were enjoying by paying below market wages would be eaten-up by fines. Additionally, just because someone goes to the emergency room doesn’t make it an emergency; therefore, our hospitals should be able to turn away any illegals who are not truly experiencing an emergency. If our gov’t. would quite misinterpreting the 14th Amendment there would be no issue of “anchor babies” which is also very costly. Why our gov’t. thinks it is more important to take care of people who stole their way into this country rather than our own is beyond my comprehension. I feel compassion for these people seeking a better life, but bottom-line we can not take care of the world. Mexico has harsh laws it enforces regarding illegal immigrants yet it dares to tell us what to do regarding its citizens who have illegally entered the US and set-up residence.
As a nation we have the right to decide who we want here and it should only be people who have something to contribute not take from this country. We have plenty of US born takers; we don’t need anymore. On that note it leads me to another point that falls in line with what #3 said. There are way too many people who add to the approx. 46 million uninsured that choose to be uninsured. I for one am tired of being reminded of the rights of others, but what about when their rights infringe upon mine? They have the right to use their money for whatever they choose, including not choosing to buy insurance. Now I’m supposed to feel sorry for them because they don’t have insurance? We budget our money to include the necessary insurances for our security, but others can buy the latest, greatest gadgets and toys for their kids and say they can’t afford insurance. We have become a nation of unaccountable, irresponsible, entitlement-minded babies and it’s SICKENING.
Lastly, why is everyone, including our government so focused on the small percentage of people not covered at the risk of the majority who are covered? Private health care may not be perfect, but it is definitely superior to public (for the reasons I noted above). If I have to accept the liberal, Democrat run House, Senate and White House because the “majority” voted them in then they should have to accept that the “majority” have and prefer private health care. The Obama administration and other liberals in office want us to believe it’s their bleeding hearts at work for the “poor,” but instead it is really about bigger government, power and greed- plain and simple. I hope and pray that more citizens of this great nation open their eyes, speak-up and get their reps and senators to see the light before it’s too late.
Note to Obama Supporters: Finger Weg Du Sozialists!!!
