One of my favorite George Soros quotes is, "If you believe government is bad, you will create a bad government." Think about your kid. If you constantly tell him, "You are no good, you will never be good." How do you think he will turn out?
Soros is a cock sucking jack ass. Lucrum No man is good enough to govern another man without the others consent. Abraham Lincoln Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Thomas Paine That government is best which governs least. Henry David Thoreau The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. Milton Friedman The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. Ronald Reagan An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. Voltaire My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
I've always liked "Government is a necessary evil. Democrats focus on necessary and republicans focus on evil."
Can you imagine how nice it would be to have our 3rd President here today? Wow! Onazi and his gestapo would be running for the hills!
and furthermore, if doctors decide they don't want to become government employees, and young kids decide they don't want to pursue a career in medicine, what will the government do to protect my right to health care? Institute a draft for qualified young people?
I firmly agree. You should have the right "to self medicate" and, I might add, be in control of your own medical care. Your rights in those regards are somewhat abridged in the U.S. In the expression, right to access the word 'access' is broadly debated. There is no spelled-out Constitutional right, but there is a germane purpose, to wit: ..."promote the general welfare... of ourselves and our posterity..." Various statutes now exist that do give you some specific legal rights, such as the right to receive emergency treatment without regard to your ability to pay. But constitutional and statutory rights are not the kind of right I was referring to, rather it was to what should be a "self-evident...inalienable right." But this is not so important as the recognition that we will all be better off if we find a way to assure universal access to a reasonable standard of care without undue financial burden. One of the ways other countries keep medical costs down is to cut out unnecessary steps in accessing care. For example, many countries have prescribing pharmacists. This is a concept starting to creep into some U.S. States, but of course it is fought tooth and nail by the medical establishment, with much the same vigor that big pharma fights importation of drugs by individuals. The chief defense used against all these would-be inroads is invariably "safety" and fear of the hypothetical. It is an effective tactic. It is not uncommon for those who have had relatively few, and only brief, encounters with U.S. healthcare to believe it's "the best care in the world". On the other hand, those with multiple encounters, those who have been victims of malpractice, and those who travel widely and have spent time living in other countries often see U.S. healthcare quite differently. The more encounters one has, and the more serious the events, the more likely that one will come to view American, health care as flawed. Regardless, there is nearly universal agreement, even among some providers, that the cost is far too high.
Yes, good luck. My 1st Cousin is a prominent urologist, and he and his partners are retiring early. If someone even breathes obama around him, he'll flip out. He and his partners hired outside firms to literally decipher what's in obama"care," and after finding out the facts, they've decided to sell their practice, and retire. Yes, he's made several million $, but he also worked his ass off 13-18hrs/day for the last 20+ years, and provided TOP NOTCH medical care. Those days are now sadly over. Thanks Otyrant! You can now legally kill off those who KNEW freedom, and politically educate the young so that you can see your sick dream come to fruition.