Finite Resources, Infinite Wants
November 5, 2009
Earlier this week, specifically in the Monday, November 2nd edition of the on-line Wall Street Journal, wrote a scathing indictment of the Pelosi House bill on Health Care. If you haven’t seen it or read it, you owe it to yourself to do so. I include the link here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204574505423751140690.html
The author called this the single worst piece of legislation to come out of the Congress in years (and THAT’S saying something). This isn’t just politics, my friend, this is your survival and that of your family we’re talking about, here.
The point that the piece makes so eloquently is that we live in a world of finite resources, but infinite wants. If this monstrosity, or anything resembling it, is ever signed in to law, you can kiss your security goodbye, together with your freedoms. Everything you do, what you eat, what type and how much you exercise, what you drive, what you wear, virtually everything has health care consequences, and is therefore fair game for regulation. Sound enticing, so far?
How about the assured rationing of health care, so you can’t get the treatment you want if you’re too old, or too sick, or it costs too much? If the so-called public option ever becomes law, it WILL eventually cause the private insurers to fold their tents. Then, you have will have NO choice and will be at the mercy of the bureaucrats. Lovely.
How about the deceptive accounting tricks they tried to pull, that were so egregious that the Blue Dogs and Joe Leiberman stood up against it? And the rank dishonesty of the artificially low cost estimates that everyone but the credulous KNOWS to be astronomically higher than what they’re saying.
The bottom line is this: it cannot work.
Your care WILL be rationed. Your taxes WILL increase beyond your wildest nightmares. The voracious appetite of unlimited government will be unabated and YOU will pay and pay and PAY the price, for as long as you draw breath, as will your children’s children. Plain and simple–this is insanity.
And yet, this is what Pelosi et al have in store for you–if you allow it.
Fortunately, the election results from last Tuesday, especially in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, will put the brakes on some of this. Vulnerable Blue Dogs will think twice, maybe three times, before joining their leadership in trying to ram this horrendous plan down our throats. The electorate spoke loud and clear: WE DON’T WANT THIS. Maybe they’ll listen, now…
But don’t bet on it. Remember, they think you’re stupid and don’t know what’s good for you. So I’m afraid you can’t let your guard down, despite these heartening election results.
Call, write, email and, if possible, go see your elected representatives and senators and tell ‘em what you think. They’re supposed to work for YOU. Remind them of that.
And while you’re keeping an eye on Washington, my advice? Get and stay healthy, so you don’t have to deal with the system, at all.
Ditch the bad habits and the bad diet. Get on my ultra pure pharmaceutical grade fish oil DR. BILL’S POWERHOUSE OMEGA FORMULA http://www.favoriteformulas.com/.
Drop those extra pounds, with some daily exercise, whether it’s a walk around the block, or the focused, strategic knee pain exercises in my PAIN-FREE PROGRAM http://www.drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html/.
The point is to get off the couch and get moving. Drink plenty of pure water, or seltzer–no soft drinks, regular or “diet” — they’ll make you fat!
And go see your doctor, at least annually. Get those screening tests and blood tests, while the getting is still good. Who knows how much longer that will be? Like the Boy Scouts, “Be Prepared.”
Til next time, my friend, be well.
Yours for optimal health and a pain-free tomorrow,
Dr. Bill
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