I just finished reading a book by H.G. Wells, a great author (and outspoken socialist), called "In the days of the Comet."
Interestingly enough, this book is all about the time before "the change," and the time after. The time "before" is described as everyone being ignorant, and unwilling to help their fellow man.
"After" the comet comes...mankind is enlightened to a point to see all of the mistakes made before the change. As a result, a socialist utopia develops from the world all of a sudden realizing that it is better to live that way--communes are developed, housing communities (mostly slums) are raized, and systems of production are synchronized with organized work so everyone has a job. Oh, and everyone is happy.
Sounds nice...for a book, anyway--although I will admit that I am glad to be done with it. However, in real life things do not work quite that way. Or rather, maybe they can work that way, but without personal freedoms (and probably without happiness).
I wonder if this was one of Obama's favorite books, being about "Change" and all. bah! Ignorance, just like the health care plan that is probably about to be passed through the house/senate. If 85% of people have healthcare, why should all 100% of the population be (even gradually) forced into a goverment-run healthcare system? Why not just provide for the 15% without insurance options? It would be way cheaper than paying for 100%--since the 85% would be paying for it anyway.
The way healthcare currently works most certainly is not perfect, but whenever the government takes control over something, it usually doesn't relenquish that control. And as we all know, control means power, and the more power the federal government has, the more freedoms we lose.
Not to mention, the goverment can't really run anything adequately, why in the world would we want them to run the healthcare? Sounds ridiculous.
Anyway, Merry Christmas (Happy Channukah/Kwanzaa/whatever)!
Posted by: jamba
Category: ##politico
Tags: #change #healthcare #hg-wells #obama #socialism
Published Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:38:06 +0000
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