Randy131 Loc: Florida

You're correct, and that is what we're complaining about to the liberal Quakerwoman, that wants a single payer system, run by the federal government, exactly what the VA actually does, and is the cause of why so many of our vets have died while waiting for medical attention under Obama and the Democrats.

Everything that our federal government runs, it does it at least 50% less efficient and cost effective than does the private sector. Social Security, everyone agrees, is going bankrupt in 2020 because of the way the federal government has run it, and the Republicans want to privatize it so it could be run to last forever, as it was meant to be when it was passed mainly by the Democrats, but they have robbed from it and has it on it's last legs, actually the federal government has destroyed it. If the private sector did take it over, then the American people would have it for much longer than just 2020, when it is scheduled to go bankrupt.

Back in the 40s, 50, and 60's medical care was affordable for all Americans, but late in the 60's Lyndon Johnson and the Democrats came up with their scam of the 'Great Society' and instituted Medicaid, which the federal government's incursion into the medical field drove up the medical care costs for all Americans. Later the Democrats also instituted Medicare, which again drove up the cost of medical care for all Americans. Then Obama and the Democrats, thinking they were on a roll in the medical care field, forced Obamacare down the American people's throats, which has now made medical care completely unaffordable for all but the rich, the middleclass and poor can't afford to use it. With the tremendously high deductibles and copays, the American people don't even get a chance to use what now has gone up in basic costs so much that they can't afford it either, and even the middleclass can no longer afford it, nor the poor, even when given the federal government's stipend.

Ronald Reagan was completely correct, the worst words any American can hear is, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you." The best thing the federal government can do is stay out of the American people's way, and allow our free enterprise to work. They really don't need to replace Obamacare with another huge monstrosity of a medical care law, but just pass many small laws that will keep healthcare affordable, in the hands of the people and their doctors, and government away from it so it won't become what Obamacare has made it today.

CounterRevolutionary

cSc61 asked: "Here's my question. Why does it need to be replaced with anything. When did repeal & replace become this nation's ONLY option. Why not just repeal it and go back to where we were 8 years ago."

There is a simple answer. 9 years ago, the health insurance industry was totally regulated by the government under the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, quarantining us citizens state by state, trapped to our provider-employer, limiting our choice across all state lines for a better portable and affordable tailored policy to our personal needs.

The most affordable policy for a self-employed 60 year old citizen in California with good health was $321/month with a $10,000 deductible. The very same policy with the same insurance company in Kentucky was $97/month. The argument that a broader base population would cut the risk and make policies cheaper was flat out wrong. The problem was that fat-cat Democrat politicians regulating health insurance in California were reaping huge campaign contributions in exchange for fixing health insurance policies artificially broad and high in costs. Protecting the consumer was the alibi the State legislature and Insurance Commissioner advanced. These fools need be prosecuted under the RICO laws for racketeering.

The stupid socialist Democrats that are begging for the Public Option, more government regulation, are the most brain-dead lemmings on the planet. We already have a safety net for the poor in Medicaid; expand it to the poor who are chronically ill through federal block grants to the States. There is no need to put an entire nation on welfare because of the small percentage of handicapped people who cannot take care of themselves. It's depriving the poor of the money they need because we are spreading the money too thinly.

"Welfare for the masses is the alibi of tyrants," quote Albert Camus.

Open up Interstate Commerce. Overthrow the McCarran-Ferguson Act. Let free markets work raising quality in care and driving costs down.
Get this wretched fascist government out of our lives.

More people are maimed and crippled or killed every year in auto accidents than all the cancer patients combined, not to mention the cost of property damage and automobile repairs. Yet Auto policies are portable across all state lines and virtually 1/10th the cost of health insurance.
Why?

The Republicans have advanced HR 3121, the American Health Care Reform Act, that answers all of our problems.

straightUp Loc: California

There's nothing in the ACA that say government controls our health either so your point is moot.


Let me ask you a question... If the Constitution only gives the government 30 things to do, why do we have thousands of federal laws on the books and why do we elect 435 people to make even more each year? Where in those 30 things listed in the Constitution do you see anything about protecting people from murder or rape? Where do you see anything ANYWHERE in the Constitution that protect children from sexual exploitation?

There's one huge problem with the half-baked argument that you are blindly subscribing to... it ignores the fact that one of the powers granted to federal government by the U.S.Constitution is the power to make laws. The ONLY limits to what these laws can be are found in the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments of which none of them pose ANY restriction regarding health care.

It's a simple-minded trick for simple-minded people to suggest that if something isn't explicitly stated in the Constitution it means the government can't make laws about it. Don't be that simple-minded fool. Learn what the Constitution means.


When an uninvited army of soldiers, tanks and helicopters cross our border you'll know what an invasion is.

There are indeed a number of provisions in the Constitution that empower the government to provide for our common defense but there is nothing in those provisions that identify immigrants as a threat just because you don't like them.


I guess your law enforcement is a bunch of wussies then. Not sure what you want the government to do about that. Should we write a new law that says AZ law enforcement should stop being scared of Mexicans?


I agree that some of our constitutional rights have been compromised by post-9/11 policies, but that doesn't mean the Constitution itself is compromised... it means policies are in violation. That means that if you aren't happy about these violations the LAST thing you want to do is attack the one thing that MAKES them violations. I've been a critic of these post-9/11 policies since 9/11 happened and I can tell you that most of them have been intentionally hidden from public view or otherwise "justified" through the use of fear mongering. The existence of these policies is not a sign of a weak constitution... it's a sign of a weak people.


...until someone robs you, rapes your wife, takes your child, murders your friend, damages your property, forces you to work in unsafe conditions for unfair wages, pollutes your water supply or any of the hundreds of things people like you cry to the government about.


Good, 'cause they don't have any.


Try breaking into my California home and getting a .45 caliber slug in your gut. Let's see if that educates you about California's gun laws.


First of all, terrorists don't target individuals, they target crowds. Secondly most terrorist attacks on record have been in places where guns are prevalent, proving that armed citizens are almost entirely ineffective against terrorism. I am an advocate of the 2nd amendment but I'm not stupid. Guns are a much more effective means of protection in a controlled environment like your home than they are against random attacks in public places. Finally, it's not the liberals that continue to give power to an abusive government. I remember when Bush signed the PATRIOT Act, probably the most significant attack on our rights since Wilson... There was a LOT of opposition from liberals and none from conservatives.


I've been snagged a couple of times when I was living in NJ by the same sort of thing. I read that some of the cities there were trying to remove the "robocops" because their courts can't handle the volume of citations but they couldn't because it would breech the contracts they signed with the private companies that installed them. I don't know exactly what you think you're "rights" are with regard to speeding but you can't get a citation without breaking a law and after nine of them, I would think a smart person would learn to slow down.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Smug, smarmy, self righteous prick. That is you.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

I figured out what my SS Fund would be worth had every penny been invested in MMM, IBM, and BK from the time I started paying in at age 14 until now. I'd have, counting dividends reinvested , Employer "contribution" as well as mine, the total current values would be in excess of $5 million. Now this would be mine, and at death, or before, $1million could be passed to my kids tax exempt. Now , if you die with no minor children of spouse, your estate gets $200 plus a bit to burry you. Your family inherits nothing. Government stealing any gift to posterity you might have made.....

kenjay Loc: Arkansas

Sounds great if you just switch the parties around. The democrats haven't had a leader since JFK.

Randy131 Loc: Florida

How is that not considered robbery, for if any private company would have done what you said has been done to you, every employee of that private company would have been arrested, but the largest crime syndicate in the US is the federal government, protected by immmunity that they afford themselves.

Quakerwidow Loc: Chestertown, MD

Thank you for your entire post of which the quote is the final paragraph.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Arch. Perfect definition of him. When's all said and done he's just an asshole. I'm done with the arrogant prick.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

The SS enabling act made it all perfectly legal. Thank F. D. Roosevelt.

Randy131 Loc: Florida

The biggest criminal organization in the USA is the federal government, without a doubt.

Onelostdog Loc: Restless Oregon

I think all they had to do that would have made a great improvement would have been to open this stupid ruling of states closure and allow health care (to the disgust of unions) to cross state lines. There was no reason my health care in one state was null and void in an adjoining state. Simple is almost always the best and cheapest way.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Lefties don't think about simple, and pragmatic Dog. They think about what makes them feel good.

Onelostdog Loc: Restless Oregon

So do I Arch every time I'm reloading just waiting for the day to come that the Libs start something again they can't finish.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I get pissed at em too. One day, they'll push it too far.