Reagan’s Words Still Relevent
It is simply amazing how history repeats itself and how the heroes that supported the cause of American liberty in times past can once again see their words find equal relevance today.
Friends, take the advice of Ronald Reagan from this speech. Write your Congressman. Write your Senators. Call them. Email them. Show up at their offices. Do what you must to prove to them beyond any shadow of a doubt that we, the American people, do not now, nor have we ever, supported the idea of socialized medicine in this country.
The President can say all he wants about lowering costs, increasing competition, and providing options; but the words ring hollow given a bill about to be forced through Congress that does none of those things. Mandating coverage and mandating costs will do nothing to increase competition. Quite the opposite, it will eliminate the very basis on which competition can take place.
Imagine two restaurants competing for customers, and then force upon them by government edict that their menus will be the same and every meal will carry the same price.
That isn’t competition, it is government run amok…and it must be stopped in its tracks.
Christian,
I am sad to say that there are many in politics who cannot grasp what you are saying about my favorite president. The only way they will ever understand is to get their Noses rubbed in it. By this I mean they personally will have to suffer a drastic lowering of their standard of living.
Um, Medicare is “socialized” medicine and there’s a huge majority of citizens and politicians who would continually vote to sustain Medicare. That includes Ronald Reagan who never once as President asked to have Medicare disbanded. He did however proclaim that ketchup was a vegetable and good enough to count as a vegetable in school lunches.
I’m sure that did tons to help improve the health of students, but boy did he save money to help pay for all the military spending he loved so much.
And don’t forget, it was during the Reagan administration that we were sold on the bill of goods that deficits don’t matter. And oddly it wasn’t until last year when a Democrat made it to the White House that suddenly deficits were a big deal again.
Oh well, nice try.
Tom,Everything has a breaking point… the democrats are going to prove it.
Your comment about the ketchup thing is absurd,however your point about the Reagan deficits do have merit.
Tom, thanks for reading and posting, but “oh well, nice try” indeed…
Your attack on Reagan, while misguided, is a nice attempt to distract from the matter at hand which is that this “health care bill” proposed by this White House is beyond dangerous to this economy and the future well being of our patients.
First of all, the ketchup thing…
To my knowledge what you are refering to happened a few months into 1981, Reagans first term. It involved cuts to the USDA which necessitated new standards that would allow school districts to economize. One bureaucrat’s idea was to eliminate “plate waste” by reclassifying ketchup as a vegetable. It also allowed protein sources like tofu to be classified as “meat” and snacks like pretzels to be classified as “bread”. It was all well intentioned, but turned into a PR nightmare. The Reagan administration transfered the guy in charge. FYI, the Clinton administration relabeled salsa as a vegetable.
While medicare isn’t purely “socialized medicine”, it is a great example of yet another bankrupted and unsustainable government program. I guess forget the track record, let’s put the government even more in control.
Deficits are a matter of discernment. While a managable percentage of GDP, a deficit can be a good thing. Sort of like a mortgage is “good debt” for an individual if responsibly entered in to.
You won’t find any defense here of Bush’s spending, whom the democrats rightfully took to task. Why the silence when Obama booms that deficit into unchartered territory is beyond me.
Check the charts for entitlement spending. We’re on a collision course with national bankruptcy.