Uncle Sam Wants (to nanny) You

I am often told that I am unhinged, or over-the-top about how I feel about our intrusive government. But what I think or write is mostly irrelevant. It's clear that the aristocracy in D.C. doesn't give a damn about you or me or anyone else. They care only for themselves, and the power they can eliminate from We the People.

Brother Reid, the prominent senator from Nevada validated all of my concerns about our nanny state government today when he said: "Like those in the medical field, our responsibility as legislators is to care for all people, not just those that are fortunate. That's what this historic reform fixes. It starts to break down the wall between a class of Americans who can afford to stay healthy and another that cannot."

Ignore the fact that "caring for all people" will severely burden the vast majority of American citizens, and consider the following questions:

When did elected representatives start taking the Hippocratic Oath?

And when did only people "who are fortunate" monopolize being healthy?

Why should being insured be a "right"?

And how will universal health insurance eliminate anyone's poor health?

The Democrats are taking a very interesting approach to solving problems. I can outline it in 3 easy steps:

1. Identify the problem.

2. Make that problem illegal.

3. Problem solved.

[Another random number] people are uninsured. That is a problem, right? Yes it is! (but not really) But lucky for us, it has an unbelievably easy solution.

Make being uninsured illegal.

Problem SOLVED!

It's so easy, so obvious, that even a drug-addled fat blowhard like Rush Limbaugh can recognize it: "How many trillions of dollars have we wasted on the war on poverty? Why didn't we just make poverty against the law? Anyone earning under the poverty level will have to pay a fine or go to jail. Fifteen million people unemployed, throw them in jail if they won't work. Solvy dolvy. I mean we're just going to with the stroke a pen sign a law and fix the problem, look how easy it could be."

While we are at it we can outlaw guns, because they kill people and dead people are a problem. Fast food? Contraband! SUVs? Illegal! Stupidity, bigotry, racism? Banned! What about Trans Fats? Axed! (oh, wait, they already did that). How about those inconsiderate airlines that imprison passengers on the tarmac? Fine them! (also already done...) And so on.

I ask you this:

What is happening to the United States? Or rather, what has been happening for the last 60 years?

You probably know my answer.

Think about the question for yourself. Try and take off any partisan goggles you might be wearing, or any *ahem* labels (welcome back Sam) you might be using to determine what is right or wrong. Honestly answer the question: what is happening to the United States of America?

And then think on the follow up: Do you like what you see? If so, why? If not, why?

Your answer is due by Wednesday morning at 8AM. Any late assignments are subject to Brother Reid's wrath and a government tardy tax of up to $2,000. (HCR Code 34a43, page 2459, article 67, section 8, paragraph B, amendment 68)


One addition: I will admit that I am secretly hoping that the government succeeds in taking control of health care. That way I can bill them for any new bikes or skis - or any other equipment I need to go along with them. After all, I need those things to stay healthy, right?