The Democrats in Congress are now beginning their push for one of the most socialist programs yet to come out of that august body in forty years. Their plan: to broaden healthcare coverage so that by the year 2019, 97% of all Americans would be covered under public socialized healthcare. By doing this, President Obama says that we will "begin the process of fixing what is broken." The question is: What is broken?
The answer is nothing! There is nothing that is broken in the healthcare system that needs to be fixed. What does need to be fixed are American values. The values of hard work that this nation was built upon are beginning to vanish, and this has led us to this moment. Too many Americans now have the attitude that "everything should be given to me; I don't want to work for something that I can easily just ask the government for." And they know that the government will indeed give it to them, for if they don't, these people will, like little children, begin to cry, kick and scream if they do not get their way.
In order to appease these temper-tantrum throwing "children" that make up a part of American society, the government must give them what they want. So they give the child what they beg for, in this case government provided healthcare. And it isn't enough to just give a treat to one child, but they must give one to all of the children to keep them from throwing a fit as well. And by doing this, they defuse the situation, and everybody is happy, right?
That is what this push toward socialized medicine really is. It is a way to gain the upper hand over the average American citizen. The government telling us that they are looking out for our best interests. But are they really? I submit that they are not. They are not looking out for the interests of the people, but their own interests instead! They are looking only to push their political agenda and to hold onto the power that they have as a member of the American government, so that they can stay there as the all caring Big Brother.
How might Congress pay for this program of progressively socialized healthcare, one might ask? The answer is quite simple, really: they will increase taxes on those Americans who make a living through hard work, of course. They are going to punish the successful in order to fund this "solution" to the so-called healthcare "crisis." Congress's plan is to add on a 5.4% surtax on those households that bring in $1 million or more per annum. On households that bring in between $500,000 and $1 million per year, there will be a 1.5% tax increase. And for houses that bring in $350,000 per year, their taxes will increase by 1%. And if that is not enough, if this tax increase does not bring in the target $544 billion by the year 2019, then there will be a second tax increase down the road in order to fund socialized healthcare. So not only are they going to punish those who are successful, but if it isn't enough, they are going to appropriate more from the American people in the future!
By doing this, Congress is stifling the ability of Americans to achieve the American Dream of being successful and making a better life for themselves. Isn't this the reason that so many people want to come to this country in the first place? To fulfill their dream of making money so that they can live a better life than in the country they were living in previously? Instead, by becoming successful and living out the American Dream, they are going to have to actually shell out money that they have worked hard to earn in order to help fund another person's laziness. By punishing people who have been successful in business, or other trades, they will create a dearth of people who want to actually become successful business men and women. When they realize that they are going to have a great majority of their hard earned gains to the government, just because of their success, they will decide that there is nothing wrong with subpar. They will make the maximum they can without having to pay the tax. And by doing this, it will have an adverse affect on our economy. Without the monetarily wealthy, a society will deteriorate. Soviet Russia is a perfect example. Everyone becomes (supposedly) equal, and the country fails.
So instead of Congress further pushing this country down the road to socialism and destroying the American Dream, it is time that they took their hands off and let Americans live as they want to. Let us be successful and make a way for ourselves! Let us make the decisions that affect the lives of us and our families! Let those who set themselves up for failure fail! Do not destroy the free-market system because through it some succeed and some fail. That is the way it was meant to work! The American government must realize that you can please some people some of the time, but it is absolutely impossible to please all of the people all of time. Until they realize that, they are going to continue leading this country down the path to destruction, for by taking this road, that is where we are unfortunately headed.
This is not to say that all people who need help are lazy. Do not think that is where I am going with this. There are the elderly who need some help, as they no longer can work, the physically and mentally handicapped, and others. We should be benevolent to them, and do what we can to help, and the government can, and should, reach out a hand to its helpless citizens. But there must be a strict demarcation of who gets help, and who doesn't. If a person who is perfectly capable of working isn't, benefits may be withheld. The problem of children paying for the sins of the parents is sad, and something should be done, but that is a topic for another post. Something can and should be done. That is a given. But rewarding one group by punishing another is unacceptable. We cannot let a one party autocracy take over this country. And if we let this bill pass, that is what is going to happen.
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