The Steamrolling State

O'er the Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave. Of course free and brave are relative terms. Some consider it brave to forsake the basic principles of the Declaration of Independence and the framework of the Constitution. These people do not think there is any relevance in the anachronistic musings of the Founders. In fact, they believe that their perspective has no place in modern society and their words should be carefully molded into whatever meets the exigencies for the day.

Ezra Taft Benson who served as Agriculture Secretary under President Eisenhower and in the hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints literally foretold and he clearly saw the disintegration of the wonderful principles of the Founders; seeing our country degenerate into a Statist bureaucracy that consumed the life and freedom from all Americans--except those who thrived in the bureaucracy. Bureaucrats loved it in the Soviet Union and they love it here. After many years encased in the bowels of the buildings in the Federal Government they are so deep in the forest they cannot see any trees.

Today, Mark Steyn posted this insightful column and yesterday added this ditty in the Corner. We are thinking that the health care issue has to do with health, the delivering of health care, the good of the People and so on. I am convinced that it does not have much to do with that at all. In fact as I examine the proposals and try and understand the complexities that are being thrown into the Health Care System, I am convinced that there is nothing good that will come from this.

As one who provides a form of health care, I find the people that have the best oral health are those that take care of themselves. The rest of the body has chance of degenerating, developing disease and so on, but it seems like those they take care of themselves seem to have less chance of these kinds of things happening. They are free to be agents unto themselves. If disease develops the current system seems to do pretty well. If 31,000,000 do not have "insurance" (which is an absolute misnomer, the insurance doesn't really insure anything) then 10% of the population need some assistance and it does not make any sense to me to destroy the 90% to improve things for the 10%. I think Mark Steyn has it analyzed correctly and lawmakers should read and understand his points of view.