Posted by
Kerbouchard on Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:33:23 AM
This evening I was involved in a conversation where people were describing which issue they think is most important for this upcoming election. Overwhelmingly, it was Universal Healthcare and the Economy.
Well, mine is 3 part...Universal Health-care, Smaller Government, and the 2nd Amendment.
I do not, under any circumstances want Universal Health-care to come to America. It is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard of, and in every country that has attempted it, the health-care system has approached 3rd world country levels. There is a reason why Canadians make up such a large portion of our rehab centers and hospitals. The wait list for health-care in Canada is ridiculous. Universal anything only serves to bring everybody down to the lowest average. Also, the poorest of our citizens already get free health-care in the form of Medicare or Medicaid. It's a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
I do not think the Government is the answer to every problem, and when I watch the government creating new solutions to problems that were caused by government in the first place(like the bail out package) it makes me sick. For that reason, I oppose a larger government or anything the government does that is extra-constitutional. There is no Constitutional basis for about 90% of what the government has decided to undertake. There is no provision for a bail out in the Constitution. There is no provision for Universal Health-Care in the Constitution.
Because there are citizens, and people in the government, who believe differently about my first two issues, I hold my third issue to be the most important. Make no mistake about it, the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting.