Universal Tyranny

People are asking me why I think universal health care is tyranny.   Ok one more time, the long way…

The whole premise of Universal Health Care is unconstitutional.  The Constitution does not grant the U.S. Government the authority to create such an entitlement (or ANY entitlement).  Please note the 9th Amendment of the Constitution.

 ”The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

This is saying that the Federal Government must recognize that just because there are rights written down in the Bill of Rights, does not mean that these are the ONLY rights the people have.  Many would use this as support for the “right to universal healthcare.”  They would be wrong.  Healthcare IS a right however, and no Federal Authority can block you from getting it nor take it away from you if you are willing and able to pay for it.  However, Universal Healthcare is unconstitutional because it would take the “right to healthcare” that you personally have and impress it upon the rest of the country as a tax payer funded obligation.  Just because you have the right to something, it does not mean that you have the right to force others to pay for it, or give something of theirs up (their money) in order for you to get it.  Their right to not have to pay for YOUR healthcare would ALSO be protected by the 9th Amendment.  Therefore, a RIGHT is something that you have and can exercise that does not put a burden on another.  Like speech, worship, etc… When people exercise these rights it does not unduly burden another person nor violate THEIR rights.  I have the freedom of speech, but to assault someone (get in their face and yell obscenities at them, threaten them) is against the law because they have a right to reasonable privacy and safety.   

The 10th Amendment – “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

This means that the government cannot act outside of the powers laid out in the constitution.  Those powers are reserved for the states and for the people.  It means that our entitlements (ALL OF THEM) are unconstitutional by their very nature.   It means that Universal Health Care cannot legally exists as a Federal Program.  The STATES may do such a thing, as they did in Massachusetts (by the way, you can thank Mitt Romney, Republican, for that disaster).  But as a Federal program it  cannot legally exist.  This also means that even a “public option” cannot legally exists as a federal program.  Basically all the debate is moot.  If Universal Health Care becomes law, it violates the constitution.  It violates OUR rights as citizens to not be forced by the federal government to have to pay for someone else’s health care.  It violates insurance companies rights to not have to compete against unfair competition. The government makes the rules, and now will be competing against private companies.  When the government wants to take the advantage over the private companies, all it has to do is change the rules, just like any tyrant. 

Finally our right to healthcare (the very thing these people say they want to protect) will be violated as employers drop their health benefits.  Why would they do that?  Well because, they COULD offer their own (and get taxed on it) OR they could just pay into the public plan and offer employees higher salaries.  I know what you’re saying… “Then you’d still have healthcare!”  But you’d be on the public plan.  Which as we all know would end up rationing healthcare based on discriminatory practices of age, race, gender, and disability.  Face it folks, there is not enough health care to go around.  That’s why 47 million people DON’T have it.  How can the government just wave a magic wand and suddenly create more doctors and people in the health care industry.  It can’t.  I know they say they can but here’s the reality.

The Public Option is part of the health care reform that’s going on.  One of the subjects of the debate is how to lower costs.  First of all, how does the private sector lower costs?  They do it with advances in technology, efficiency, and productivity.   How does government lower costs?  Anybody? Exactly they DON’T.  Why? Because government is a consumer and not a producer;  because government doesn’t have to turn a profit.  Government always increase the cost of things because no one in government wants to cut their little pet projects out of the budget.  Government raises cost because they cannot efficiently manage anything that has a limited supply.  Look at Medicare and Medicaid;  they’re bankrupt!  Why?  Because the government can’t stop the fraudulent payments that amount to almost 1/3 of all Medicare and Medicaid costs.  

So if the government can’t lower costs by using efficiency, then can they do it by increasing the supply of doctors?  Maybe, but if you did your math then you’d know that the Government would have to pay for all the Doctor’s educations (through education programs and such) which would just raise costs (to the budget) elsewhere.  Plus, without an increase in efficiency, the increase in doctors would result in an increase in fraudulent payments with Medicare and Medicaid.  So that’s not going to help either.

The only other thing they could do would be to limit payments that the doctors receive from this Public Option.  That means the government would pay below market prices for the same care that others with private insurance would get.  This would do two things.  Doctors would begin refusing public option patients (which would be discrimination) OR they would give subprime care to them.   Either way the government would not stand for it.  Many doctors, knowing that their services could no longer produce the income necessary to pay off their exorbitant student loans would find another line of work.  Thus reducing the supply and increasing the demand per capita.  This of course would result in higher prices.

So where does that leave us? Rationing.  The government would then have to rationalize every medical procedure and weigh it against certain criteria to determine if giving you certain medical treatments are “worth it.”  The human would be reduced to a number of attribute like age, race, sex, orientation, disability and other criteria and attributes.  You may need heart surgery but if you’re 73 you probably won’t get it because a younger person may need those fund and can be more useful to society for a longer period of time.  Or, you may not get pain medications because hell, you’re going to die anyway we can save money and use it on more productive members of our society.  That, or they will ration medical care based on who can wait in line the longest.  You may wait 9 to 12 hours in the emergency room for a shot of penicillin meanwhile you die from the infection. 

And with that kind of control the government would require all the people to be as healthy as possible.  They would pass laws in an attempt to keep the costs down by mandating healthy lifestyles.  The government would regulate what we eat, drink, do, everything that goes into our bodies, and all of our activities.  They would probably monitor us in a way never imagined before.  All under the guise of keeping us healthy.  Imagine, sugar intake limits, meat and cheese limits, limits on alcohol and tobacco.  These are things that we Americans can choose for ourselves.  If we do have vices that affect our health we usually pay for that in increased insurance premiums.  

Whether it is by  creating entitlements for the taxpayer to fund;  or by forcing insurance companies out of business with unfair racketeering-like practices;  forcing doctors to accept payment that is below market value;  or if it’s just plain old  fashion rationing,  the government would be tyrannical by forcing its will on the American people.   It should be noted that with all of these plans the quality of care would not increase.  When greater access is granted to an already strained system the quality will go down.  And remember if the government was going to improve the medical infrastructure, it would come at a great cost to the tax payer.  

That is why it is tyrannical.  All these changes are coming to us, not out of a desire to actually improve anything, but as a means to consolidate power in the government over us.  Did you ever wonder what they would REALLY do with this kind of regulatory power?  It is quite scary!  I imagine something like 1984 where big brother watches us eat and sleep and work.

That is tyranny.  It’s tyranny because we don’t really know what they are using their power for.

Another strike against individual liberty

Beware the state controlled media and national health care

So we have ABC doing an all day broadcast in the White House really soon. It’s unfortunate that this will only be a 24 hour propaganda cycle. We’ll have Good morning America, and a National Health care Q&A in the blue room. Does anyone think for one second that there is going to be ANY tough questions on this health care thing? I doubt it. Most likely there will be two kinds of questions first there will be planted questions that the Administration Officials can knock out of the park, and then a few questions where people ask “what will I get? What will the government do for me?” These whiny excuses for Americans will be first in line to get a government handout even if they don’t need one. But we’re all expected to take the bullet on this because there are 45 million people uninsured.

What won’t be in this Q&A? How about how it will add $1 Trillion to our national debt? That’s not what it will cost, no. That’s how much will go unfunded after the tax hikes and new taxes on health benefits. That’s $1 Trillion in that the future generations are going to be on the hook for. But since they’re already on the hook for $10 Trillion after Bush got done and it’ll be $20 Trillion after Obama is done what the hell?

And the best part of all this, is that while we get these 45 million people insured, 37 million people will lose their insurance because it will be too expensive for them or their employers to keep the health benefits. That’s another question you won’t find during this little propaganda session. $1 Trillion in extra debt in order to insure a whopping 9 million people…

Another question that won’t be on this little Q&A is how after this massive new insurance program is instituted it will pay for people’s insurance who make over $200k!!! What? No! Yes. It’s true. This plan will help people pay for health care who need absolutely no help. OK it’s not quite that simple. A few examples are like a family of 4 making $110k would get government help paying for insurance. Octo-mom gets hers paid for even if she makes $203k. John and Kate +8 gets help even if they make $222k. This is absolutely retarded. People who make this kind of money aren’t going to have problems finding health care. Remember that families that make $259k per year are rich enough to afford tax hikes but people making $222k per year are so poor they need subsidies.

The kicker is this. People who make less that $33k WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE!!!!!!! HA HA HA! It’s so insane. We’re paying for health insurance for people who don’t need the help, but we’re stiffing the people who supposedly need the help the MOST!!! This is change you can believe in? HA!

Help the rich and screw the poor! I though that was the Republican M.O. not the Democrats who look out for the poor and down trodden.

Oh wait, that’s right. The expansion of Medicaid will be considered in another bill. Considered! This is insane and heartless! It will destroy the private insurance industry and force people on to this back-asswords system. Where the federal government will choose what is best for us.

Think about this new Consumer Protection Agency that Obama has just created. In the speech he gave he said that it would review products and choose which is best for consumers. You may think I’m crazy but this is coming. You can thank both the GOP and the Dems for this stuff.

Big government can’t solve problems! Did it keep GM and Chrysler out of bankruptcy with those hundreds of billions of dollars in bailouts? Nope. You think health care is gonna get cheaper with trillions of dollars in tax payer money?

But does all this mean that the media is state controlled? Yes. ABC is running propaganda for Obama. NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC are also running propaganda for the Obama administration. Why? Well GE got some bailout money. That means they officially have to play by the government’s rules. GE has invested billions in healthcare products including devloping the system for a nation-wide health care database. GE wants those contracts. Lucky for GE, that it owns NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC!! And how nice of those companies to be running positive stories on Obama and his health care plan. Amazing.