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May 16, 2008
Death by Moonbat Economics
Posted by Dave Blount at May 16, 2008 8:42 AM
The laws of supply and demand are so simple, you would think even moonbats could grasp them. Yet they think that by the magic of government coercion, they can set the price of healthcare — a limited resource for which there is infinite demand — to free.
The inevitable result is rationing. Since healthcare can no longer go to those who have earned the money to pay for it, Britain has been doling it out by postcode lottery.
If you're dying of cancer, you might be saved by new drugs like Sutent. But only if you're a lucky winner — or if government bureauweenies decide your impending death counts as "exceptional circumstances."
You can't pay for these drugs with your own money, or the government will withdraw all healthcare — even after you've paid for it your whole life through exorbitant taxation.
Don't bother to work, to invest, to save. Life is free if you happen to win the lottery or find official favor. If you don't, you die. Liberals apparently regard this as fair.
The irresponsible demagogues that make up our Democrat Party have been attempting to apply similar principles to our oil supply. If they manage to have their way with Big Oil, we may soon have postcode lotteries over here, to see who gets to put gas in their car.
On a tip from Lyle.
