Nov
19
But This Time Around….
Filed Under Healthcare
On an episode of Democracy Now! last week, host Amy Goodman spoke with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) about the recently passed House healthcare bill. Kucinich was lamenting the fact that the legislation was not sufficiently socialist for his standards, as it did not include a public option:
And we’re being told all the time, Amy, that our options keep getting limited. We were told last year the only way people could get unemployment benefits is if Congress votes for war, the only way we can pass a hate crime is if Congress votes for war, the only way we can get housing is to give Wall Street a bailout. And that didn’t put people back in—most people back in their homes who lost them. You know, we’re going to get jobs by giving Wall Street a bailout; that didn’t work. Businesses are going to be helped by giving Wall Street a bailout; that didn’t work.
Obviously, Kucinich and I are on completely different ends of the political spectrum. However, I share his disappointment with the results of government action as opposed to what was promised by legislators when bills were passed.
What I don’t share is Kucinich’s continued faith in government to solve our problems. Many on the left and far left complain that Washington and the politicians who run it are “controlled” or “bought and paid for” by “corporate interests” and the like. Such influence shapes bills that come out of congress to the benefit of these special interests. My solution would be to greatly reduce the bills coming out of congress period. If the government is so corrupt and tainted by whatever boogeyman the Democrats are pointing out today, then wouldn’t the most prudent course of action be to let the government have as little control over our live as possible?
Kucinich and the liberals disagree. They believe that the problem is not the system of government itself, but just the specific individuals that are currently in power. Just give ME a chance, and I’ll fix it, they say.
This time it will be different!
Faith in “reform” that amounts to nothing more than expanded government relies on your trust in politicians. The video below pretty much sums up my feeling here:
Trust me.
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Here,here! Lean and clean…buzz words for the new millennium. An extreme makeover is needed in the good old US of A, and it begins with individual accountability. If I hear one more complaint from someone on the dole(and that includes government workers like myself) I think I’ll puke! The world owes no one a living and that includes the politicians. All men are created equal but it’s what you DO with it that counts. My opinion take it or leave it, but I’m so very pleased to be able to express it.