From Email on Health Care Reform

I don't want our system ruined for us, our children and grandchildren.
I have a "friend" who has never had a job, always lived off his parents' considerable fortune and now lives off his wife's hard work, tell me that "I think this country needs a little more socialism". My thought was.....yes socialism is a great deal for those who DON'T Work.
There is a great book that you really need to read, PJ O'Rourke, "Eat the rich". It sums up my beliefs to the letter! Funny but very educational.

I've seen your interesting comments on health care. My take on it is..... I don't want to be at the mercy of a huge government bureaucracy with crappy "free" health care, and higher taxes. The taxes on middle-upper income people are so high now there is no incentive to work anymore. Every week I turn down consulting work, since any added income just goes to more taxes. (I already pay right at 50%) so it isn't worth the extra work for "half pay". Very discouraging. I don't believe any socialist government has ever succeeded in the history of the world. I just isn't human nature to work hard for no reward. If every student got a C, regardless of the effort, who would try for an A? And what about all those who should earn an F?

I think the thing that worries me the most is that Obama is trying to push through a half-baked health care plan, just like his rush to push through his trillion dollar stimulus/tax plan. Both are disasters. Rather than try to provide a safety net for the 15-20% of Americans without good health coverage, he wants to expand the role of government (unconstitutionally)to give his supporters more power, the ability to control more of our income, and to give government total control over our jobs, and lives. Totalitarianism never works......Socialism never works.....Communism never works.....why can't these people get it?

I wish you luck. Unfortunately, Government and politics is about POWER and Money. The special interests, congress and career bureaucrats, want to create a huge organization that will give them more power and money over the population who actually works and pays all the bills. The 40% of the population who pay no income taxes don't care about cost, because they don't pay for HC anyway. But they demand equal access. Much like teenage children who demand the latest cell-phone and a laptop computer. They think they should get anything they want for free. Look at England and Canada. The % of every dollar that goes to administration of health care has gone UP since government run HC began, and the quality and control of HC has moved away from patients and physicians as quality has deteriorated.
I pay too much in taxes. It has gotten to the point where it is no longer worth the trouble to work hard. If you don't get to enjoy what you earn, then why bother killing yourself.........

I'm glad you are working on it. I don't know how much good it will do. I feel unfortunately that most individuals buy-in to the government propaganda program, and are willing to believe anything CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. feeds their little brains.............I guess I am just getting old and bitter...
Still working and not able to set anything aside for retirement. Tired of paying for cell-phones for people on welfare, giving inmates in prison air-conditioning, and cable TV when my kids school doesn't even enough room for each kid to have a locker....