The recent ruling on ObamaCare has been nothing short of ridiculous. Before I dwell on the bad, however, it should be emphasized that not all of it is bad. After some research, it does appear that this can be used to our advantage. For example, Obama claims to have kept his promise to not raise taxes (except on the rich), but the court readily rules that this is a tax for the general populace. Nonetheless, I seriously doubt this will stop a politician that is incredibly devious and deceptive with words. The public will readily eat into his lies as the holy grail of truth. As such, I consider it hopeless to think this will produce any significant benefit to the conservative agenda because it shapes people into the slavery known as “entitlement”. Everyone likes free stuff, but this just takes the cake with a stupid consumeristic society, and liberals are clever enough to prey on this individualism.
This is all done in the name of the poor. According to them, we have a moral obligation to help the poor but wait, here’s the catch, we need to let the government do it. Why of course! Let’s raise our debt by $1.7 trillion in the next decade, force every citizen to adopt and pay for it, cheapen healthcare quality for affordability, crush small businesses, restrict religious liberty, demoralize our personal obligation to help others, and increase the power of the government in one full swoop! Do you realize how insanely self-destructive this is? Good intentions pave the way to hell, and this is no exception. Instead of helping others, we’re causing more poverty at a national scale and producing more deaths due to longer waits, lower quality doctors, and lower care. Worse, if you don’t agree with this sentimental charade, you will be hunted down and taxed by the IRS anyway. Look, if you really care about others, do us a favor and get your slimy hands out of our wallets and help them yourself.
Further Resources
15 Reasons Why the Obamacare Decision Is a Mind Blowing Disaster for America
Obama’s Victory Speech Translated
A silver lining on today’s cloudy Supreme Court decision?
4 Responses to The ObamaCare Massacre
Robert July 3, 2012
Nonetheless, I seriously doubt this will stop a politician that is incredibly devious and deceptive with words.
“Nonetheless, I seriously doubt this will stop a politician.” Fixed
The public will readily eat into his lies as the holy grail of truth.
Happens every election, with every politician. Oh well.
According to them, we have a moral obligation to help the poor but wait, here’s the catch, we need to let the government do it.
This is true in general, just not the way it’s currently being done. If you centralize something, it can become far more efficient (roads, fire departments, etc. – imagine if these were privatized). Government-run healthcare could be awesome, if we did it right. The failure of Obamacare is one of specifics.
Gil Sanders July 3, 2012
“Nonetheless, I seriously doubt this will stop a politician.” Fixed
LOL, word.
This is true in general, just not the way it’s currently being done. If you centralize something, it can become far more efficient (roads, fire departments, etc. – imagine if these were privatized). Government-run healthcare could be awesome, if we did it right. The failure of Obamacare is one of specifics.
I do not entirely disagree, but it should be restricted to the state or the city such that it works as if it was privatized.
Robert July 3, 2012
I do not entirely disagree, but it should be restricted to the state or the city such that it works as if it was privatized.
I do not entirely disagree (haha), but it’s not always possible to do this. Some things might require a specialist in some uncommon field of medicine. Especially if it’s at the city level, some smaller cities might not even have something like an oncologist. Doing it at the state level would work for most things, but I’d say we would also need something analogous to the interstate highway system for some cases.
Robert July 3, 2012
Oh, and to add to this:
Two common objections to government-run healthcare in general are 1) it will cost a lot, and 2) you shouldn’t have to pay for someone else’s poor health decisions. But there’s an easy way around this. I think we should add sections to the legislation for this to account for medical negligence. Here’s three cases:
1 – Someone intentionally cuts off a finger and goes to the hospital to get it reattached because they think it would be funny to abuse the system. I see this as analogous to prank calling 911, and think it should come with a large fine, at least a thousand bucks.
2 – A construction worker needs stitches because he decided not to wear his hard hat, and a brick fell on his head. This should come with a moderate fine, something like a parking ticket. 100 bucks-ish.
3 – A typical fat american (TFA) needs sessions with a physical therapist because, after years and years of an extremely poor diet and sedentary lifestyle, he weighs hundreds of pounds and can’t walk. This should come with small fines on every session (5-10 bucks), similar to the insurance co-pays we have now. Not something that will break your bank if you need the care, but just something that will work as a nudge to people that maybe they should try to be healthier.
Any medical problems that are unforeseen or occur during the natural course of life will carry no fees. This obviously would need a lot of work as to the specifics, but I think the general idea will work well.