Having a government run health care system is similar to having a benign dictator instead of a democracy. The problem is, who selects the dictator. Without competition there is no motivation to keep costs low. Living in a Republic requires risks and failures. We cannot afford to do what we can do, less than a half century ago 70-years-old men and women died when they developed serious diseases. Newborn babies died when they were born with serious diseases. Today we can keep them alive at the cost of millions of dollars. If you want to help you will keep government out of the health care industry.
The unfortunate part is that our senators and representatives, you, are not with the people. You have separated yourself from the people. You have given yourself a Health Care plan better than the one you will give the people you represent. It is truly the Federal Government against the people.
Remember the French Revolution? France still practiced feudalism in the 18th century. The nobles and clergy enjoyed special privileges. They did not have to pay taxes. The common people did not have power and freedom in politics. They worked hard and had to pay heavy taxes. The nobles and clergy made up the First and Second Estates in the Estates General. The common people (i.e. the middle class (bourgeoisie), peasants and artisans) made up the Third Estate. The nobles and clergy could outvote the common people easily though the Estates General was always not called by the king, who ruled as an absolute monarch. The common people became discontented with the privileged classes. Sound familiar?
Louis XIV had spent too much. His successors did not cut down expenses. Louis XVI also failed to improve the financial situation. He dismissed ministers who tried to introduce financial reforms. By 1789, the government was bankrupt. Sound familiar?
When Louis XVI finally called the Estates General to solve financial difficulties, the Third Estate did not agree with the unfair system of the Estates General. They formed the National Assembly to make a constitution. People were afraid that the king would suppress the National Assembly. The hungry Parisians, who suffered from bad harvest, burst out their anger by attacking the Bastille prison (for political prisoners). The Fall of Bastille started the French Revolution. It spread out to other parts of France. Sound familiar?
Keep that in mind when you consider your position on Nationalizing Health Care. When you take the United States of America into socialism.
This is a sad time for We the people.
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