The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.
Health care by definition involves life and death decisions. Human rights and human dignity must be at the center of any health care discussion.
Rep. Michele Bachmann highlighted the Orwellian thinking of the president's health care advisor, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of the White House chief of staff, in a floor speech to the House of Representatives. I commend her for being a voice for the most precious members of our society, our children and our seniors.
We must step up and engage in this most crucial debate. Nationalizing our health care system is a point of no return for government interference in the lives of its citizens. If we go down this path, there will be no turning back. Ronald Reagan once wrote, "Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth." Let's stop and think and make our voices heard before it's too late."
Now this is the stuff I cannot stand. It allows me to attach onto someone I dislike very much because she embodies the ignorance in America right now. She is purposefully bringing her own child into the mix when she has constantly chided the media for talking about her children. She is purposefully churning fear and hatred because she knows many men and women who have children will be disturbed to hear that Obama wants to kill her baby with Down Syndrome.
I despise her attempts to sound smart of eloquent. She utterly disgusts me. Not for her own stupidity, mind you. It is because she used her OWN son to make a erroneous remark about Obama's health care plan. HER OWN SON. One who cannot speak for himself. One that has a disabling disease who will never understand what his mother does or says. It is despicable.
You know, I actually want her to go away. I know she's great fodder for anyone who has more than half a brain, but she is truly damaging for progress of this country.