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January 21, 2010
Some Musings on ObamaCare and the Possible But By No Means Certain Demise Thereof
Posted by Gregory of Yardale at January 21, 2010 5:05 AM
I heard a lib caller on the radio today call in to debate with the host on ObamaCare. Each time the host pointed out that the administration's proposed solution would be costly and ineffective, all the lib could say was, "This is America, we have to take care of sick people." Which is, unfortunately, the hollow rhetoric supporters of the plan are reduced to.
While I could reiterate all the other arguments against health care "reform" as represented by the two current bills, I don't have to. Even if the bills did all the things their supporters claim, they will still cost trillions of dollars to implement; and we don't have the money. As a nation, we're broke. We simply cannot afford a massive new government entitlement... at least not until the existing ones are massively reformed.
Also, there are people who want to pass some version of either of the POS bills in Congress just for the sake of giving Dear Reader an accomplishment; to spite those they claim want to defeat the bill just because "they want him to fail." Aren't those really just two sides of the same coin? How is passing a bad bill out of spite any better than blocking a good bill (if there were one) out of spite?
It may be all for naught. Since the Scott Brown election, there is at least a possibility of killing this monstrosity and proceeding with more moderate and cost effective reforms to the system. It may be premature to break out the music, but...
