Whether an elected political figure is Democrat or Republican, I do not trust too many these days. Too many scandals, too much bribery, too little ethics for my taste.
That said, it makes me wonder what is going on when President Obama can make such a drastic claim, one that has eluded politicians for decades. To refresh, his words were, "I guarantee you ... we are going to get health care reform done."
That is a very bold statement.
That is why I wonder what is going on…what deals are being made behind closed doors, what additional earmarks must Main Street USA have to pay to buy some votes in the House and/or Senate?
The questions that statement brings to mind are endless.
Anytime an elected politician states that they will guarantee something will happen, mark my words, Main Street USA; deals are being made behind closed doors.
And deals are not always in the best interest of taxpayers; they are in the interest of self-preservation of those who have been elected…those elected to serve in the best interest of taxpayers.
As the national healthcare reform debate trudges on and the left accuses the right of lying and the right accuses the left of lying, somewhere there is truth.
The truth lies in the 1,100-odd page proposed bills sitting in the House and Senate that not one of our elected officals has read in its entirety. At least, not one that I have heard or read about.
That function they leave to their hired or appointed staff.
However, there are a few things that are true or not true.
It is simply not true that our financial well-being depends on healthcare reform. That is, quite simply, glowing rhetoric, taking a bad situation (i.e., the recession) and using it to one's advantage (i.e., trying to sell a bill-of-goods).
It is true that the Congressional Budget Office did not offer any guarantees about being able to hold the line on costs. If I recall, the CBO stated that costs would be unsustainable in the long run.
Those costs, mind you, come out of our collective pockets.
One Trillion-plus Dollars…the equivalent of spending one million dollars a day, each and every day, for one million years (or about 2,740 years).
I am still curious as to who is going to be covered…does coverage extend to non-citizens? Why would Main Street USA pay for them? Why don't they become citizens in order to qualify for such a wonder thing as healthcare coverage?
Another issue that has me wondering what is going on is when on Sunday, one of the president's staff states that a public option is not mandatory and the next day, amid backlash from the most liberal, another emissary basically recants that statement, without fully saying those words.
Appeasement.
Negotiation.
Don't upset the apple cart.
Unfortunately, because of some bad eggs in private business, all business is becoming over-scrutinized and may, possibly, become over-regulated, or, even worse, have the "government" as a competitor.
All the while, those corrupt or less-than-ethical elected officials continue to get away with their shenanigans.
Just to name one example, why is Governor Mark Sanford, who went AWOL, committed dereliction of duty, and used public money for private affairs and purposes still in office?
What happened to ethics in government?
What about their own self-regulation?
When an elected official breaks the laws of the land, why is it that they can continue to function as if nothing happened?
And, how can it be that even those who are busted, plead guilty and are sentenced to time in prison, such as Duke Cunningham, can still collect their cherished (and lucrative) retirement?
Where is the justice?
Those two small examples (as we know, there are many to choose from) do not show equal protection under the law…they show favoritism to people sworn to uphold the law, the Constitution, and to the rights of the people that elected them into office.
Keep our Founding Fathers words in mind, Main Street USA, when deciding what you wish to happen here in America:
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
Thomas Jefferson
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
Benjamin Franklin
"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."
John Adams
"Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations."
James Madison
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Patrick Henry
Over for now.
Main Street One
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