Monday: medical meddling

I'm convinced we're at one of the most pivotal moments in American history. We've reached a decision point as a nation, regarding the role of government. There's no doubt in my mind the Founders would be astonished to see us debating whether to implement a universal healthcare system run, however indirectly, by faceless bureaucrats.

What astonishes me is how people can willingly ignore the evidence that massive government intervention in domestic affairs nearly always makes the situation worse, whether through failure to address the root cause, or through well-meaning but unintended secondary effects. In the face such recurring evidence, the fact we're debating about whether to hand control of another 15 percent of the economy to the government is simply amazing.

It comes down to this: do you really want the same system that gave us Amtrack and public housing having a role in the most intimate, personal, life-and-death issues any of us can face?

It's said that nothing is certain but death and taxes. To that I'd add it's certain that expansive government increases both.

"...He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance..."
-- Thomas Jefferson, list of grievances in The Declaration of Independence, 1776