Government Destruction

In the past week on a couple of occasions a few co-workers and I discussed the health care bill proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats and all sorts of thoughts were thrown out as to why it is good or bad. Two over-riding thoughts prevailed. One co-worker said that legislation was needed to allow a government-run option "to keep insurance companies honest." That line is exactly the garbage the President is spewing. Another co-worker said that something needs to be done but not what the Democrats are proposing.

I was the only person who disagreed with anything either of the "two-headed one party system," a term coined by Trends Research Institute President Gerald Celente, has to offer. I proceeded to make the point that the government does not exist on its own it does not generate wealth; it merely thrives on the revenue it usurps from private citizens, small businesses, and corporations for its existence. The government is a parasite.

There is no doubt that anyone reading this has been to one of the many government-run post offices or to their local DMV. At first glance you think you are about to enter a Cold-War era Soviet-designed structure. You enter the dark, cracked concrete building only to find long lines of disgruntled people endlessly waiting. After waiting in line for multiple hours you finally talk to someone. The government employee that is there to serve you and is, in essence, employed by you is unwilling to crack a smile, often comes across as being uneducated, and treats you as if you are being processed for penitentiary.

This is what happens when the government takes over anything; the life is sucked out of it. They attract some of the biggest losers to work for them. Any private business would lose its customer base and revenue with the same level of service.

Whereas most private companies must compete against other private companies for business, government-run services are monopolized; they have no profit motive, and are heavily subsidized. There is nothing to incentivize the government to improve these services. For example, when the United States Postal Service is faced with the option of laying off workers they won't do it, even though many of them are terrible workers, instead they raise the price of stamps to an arbitrary number thought up by some Neanderthal bureaucrat at the post office.

This is the level of excellence the Democrats hope to raise us to under a socialized system of healthcare?! I think it has something to do with the Marxist utilitarian ideal that society should find a solution that benefits the majority of people with the best outcome. How about everyone suffers equally, where suffering gets progressively worse? That is what happens under the utilitarian approach to any solution.

I don't believe in negotiating with terrorists. Congress and our President are terrorists and don't deserve to be negotiated with. Any plan set forth by Congress whether it be a Republican plan or a Democrat plan is unacceptable. The government has no business in health care at all. Furthermore I don't think we've gone far enough, we should also dissolve Medicaid and Medicare, as well.