America’s True Genius

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The Founding Fathers designed our Constitution so as to make it very difficult to bring about significant changes. New legislation requires majorities in both houses of Congress followed by a presidential signature. Constitutional amendments are even more difficult — the easiest method is for an amendment to pass both houses of Congress by two-thirds majorities and then be ratified by three-fourths of all state legislatures. This suggests the Founding Fathers were suspicious of quick and easy change.

The actual genius of America, and what makes our country unique, is precisely the opposite of change. It is that our country was founded on certain timeless principles, laid out in the Declaration of Independence and put into practice by the Constitution. These principles include the conviction that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and that governments are instituted among men to secure these rights, and to provide freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, and equal protection under the law.

There are those who argue that the principles of the founders are woefully out of date — that our old ideals of limited government and individual liberty need to be revised and updated to accommodate the sweeping government intervention that the complexities of modern society demand. But Americans have always believed that our founding principles are not merely the product of a particular society or point in time. The principles are universal and inalienable or, to quote the Declaration of Independence, they are “self-evident truths.” These moral truths have not weakened over time, but rather have been strengthened by our national experience and our advances in social and economic understanding. Free-market capitalism has led not to the oppression and misery of the working class, but to a record of prosperity and a standard of living that are the envy of the world. Our conservative Constitution, skeptical of change and rooted in respect for the tradition of ordered liberty, has not made us inflexible but has rather safeguarded us from the turbulence of political fads and the temptations of radicalism..........................



Just Beautiful.........................

Socialized Medicine

Socialized Medicine is defined as is a term used primarily in the US to refer to certain kinds of tax paid for health care.
Who receives this care? Well in the ideal it would be everyone.

The pro's of this system are argued to be, everyone gets health care, no one has high costs and the quality of health care goes up.

The con's against say that the quality of care actually goes down, there are long lines for Dr's and the system is impersonal as you do not get to choose your GP.

Those that argue for socialized health care say, one-third (31 percent) of Americans’ health dollars go to administrative costs.

Single-payer financing is the only way to recapture this wasted money. The potential savings on paperwork, more than $350 billion per year, are enough to provide comprehensive coverage to everyone without paying any more than we already do.

Under a single-payer system, all Americans would be covered for all medically necessary services, including: doctor, hospital, long-term care, mental health, dental, vision, prescription drug and medical supply costs. Patients would regain free choice of doctor and hospital, and doctors would regain autonomy over patient care.

Conversely current regulatory costs are argued to be in the neighborhood of about 25 % which includes regulation of health facilities, health professionals, health insurance, drugs and medical devices, and the medical tort system, including the costs of defensive medicine, or say an annual 335 billion.

Physicians would be paid fee-for-service according to a negotiated formula or receive salary from a hospital or nonprofit HMO / group practice. Hospitals would receive a global budget for operating expenses. Health facilities and expensive equipment purchases would be managed by regional health planning boards.

Costs would be controlled through negotiated fees, global budgeting and bulk purchasing.

The RAND Health Insurance Experiment notes that 31 % of care given to patients for free, is wasted, and access related facilities regulations which cost 11.8 billion, provide benefits of only 3.8 billion.
Also quality related facilities regulations impose about 21.8 billion in costs and tender about 4 billion in benefits.

What does all this mean, probably that there are some other paths we could take to help provide health to everyone other than just paying for it out of the tax payers pocket.

Another dire side effect of the thinking of those that promote free for everyone medicine is rationing of care. We will not be able to provide all services for everyone.

http://www.freemarketcure.com/whatswrongwithushealthcare.php

Professor Uwe Reinhardt of Princeton University sees health care swallowing up 28 % of GDP by 2030 (up from 16% now), but asks: What would we rather spend the money on? "SUVs" In contrast, Brookings Institute senior fellow Henry Aaron prescribes a bitter, if sugar-coated, pill: "Intelligent health care rationing - limiting the availability of care that costs society more to produce than it is worth to patients - is not a horror to be avoided. It's a regretfully necessary limit to sustain fair access to health care that is worth what it costs."

The health care industry and the insurance industry are in need of major shake ups beginning with some good old fashion competitiveness coupled with real pricing transparency. We as consumers cannot "shop around" for our health care we must go where we're allowed.
This is a set of chains that need to be removed and then we will probably see the prices of daily health care come down.

'Socialism'? It's Already Here

This is the title to a great article by George Will at the Washington Post. In it he talks about how America need not wait for socialism to arrive via the Obama/Pelosi express but how it is already here. It is here we allowed it and we don't even know it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

McCain/Palin spoke out about it in their C- campaign for the Presidency, attacking The Big O on his "spreading the wealth" quote. But since different programs have crept into our everyday lives under the auspices of "good for the country" (Medicare, welfare, farm subsidies, bailouts etc) when confronted with the cold statement "Socialism" most Americans don't grasp the significance.

It won't be till it begins to hit our personal take home pay that we will begin to understand, by then it may be to late.

"The seepage of government into everywhere is, we are assured, to be temporary and nonpolitical. Well."

I call BS.

WP

Moving Forward

Most voters that I have communicated with since election day are devastated at what we feel
is a bigger threat to America than the attacks on 9/11. There is a serious feeling that Socialism is
coming in massive waves and we do not have enough of a arsenal to defend against it.


We are asking several things from our representatives going forward.

For one, toughen up, lose the idea of moderation, return to solid conservative
principles that should be our foundation.

Remove those in current leadership roles, (this is 2 election cycles where they have proved ineffective) and replace them with individuals
who will put conservative values with a message we can become excited about and support.

Maintain diligence that those who we support uphold solid conservative and personal values.

We are looking for, and counting on, your votes against the upcoming liberal/socialist agenda;
tax increases, military budget cuts,
additional bailouts, assaults on our 2nd Amendment rights, the appointment of activist judges,
an attempt to return TO the "Fairness Doctrine", Pro-abortion legislation and a retreat form the War on Terror.

We are looking for you and others we support to stand solid against permanent, irrevocable changes to
our American way of life and our freedoms.

America has come far in it's short History, but it did not come this far by adhering to the ideals
put forth by the incoming Administration and Congressional Leadership.

Conservatism did not lose November 11, 2008, for the most part IT was not on the ballot.))))

Socialism's Appeal

Ever been in a job where you realize that, this is as good as it gets? I'm not moving up, I'm wasting away here, why should I continue.

Welcome to socialism.

When everyone makes the same, has the same benefits, gets treated the same no matter if your job is the least important or the most important at the company, why try your best? Why make the extra effort? You get paid the same, no one can question your effort, there is no where for you go, except home at the end of the day.

For some this is called paradise. This is the sum total of their existence and ambition. For others though, they want to be successful, they want to improve, move up, make a difference, but without reward for the extra effort why will they try.

America has tried Socialism before. Many different communities have been created since our founding based upon a socialistic system, none exist today.

Ever since the start of the industrial revolution and the writings of Marx and Engel, those that have not or will do not, want to participate in the rewards of those than can and will accomplish goals.

Let's start with today's society. Look at all the magazines articles and TV shows that dedicate themselves to the lives of celebrities. Those that are not in the spotlight want desperately to have or share in some of the fame that others have achieved. Many cannot be satisfied with their own abilities and accomplishments, they need to share in those of others.

The State comes in with the promise of law and order, equality of wealth for everyone, or the old "chicken in every pot" routine and everybody says "that's for me". To many are willing to sacrifice their liberties for a perceived promise of having the same "life" as everyone else, without having to put out the same effort or have the same talents as the other person.

The Left's Coming Economic Overreach

They just want us to be safe and warm, since they don't feel that we can care for ourselves.




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"Sound" does not mean bullet-proof. Nor does it mean that everything is going wonderfully at the moment or that nothing needs to be done.

You may be as sick as a dog from having eaten the wrong thing. But that does not mean that you need to have your arm amputated or to receive massive doses of morphine. In other words, your body may be perfectly sound - and radical medical treatment can do more lasting damage than your temporary suffering will.

To add to the painful irony, many of those who are most eager to have a massive government intrusion into the market are among those whose previous intrusions into the market are largely responsible for the current financial crisis.

Obama's 'Big Brother'

In an effort to try and get everyone "thinking alike" Obama wants to start them early. We get virtually no say in our kid education, but the Gov. get to have this kind of indoctrination?


http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=%2069784

"Democrat Sen. Barack Obama's stunning assertion in a recent speech that the U.S. needs a "civilian national security force" that would be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the half-trillion dollar Army, Marines

, Navy and Air Force is not included in published transcripts of his prepared remarks."