I wish an "ObamaCare" opponent would come up with an argument that strays—just a little—from the fear-mongering rhetoric of the GOP (which represents the wealthy executives who have everything to lose when ordinary Americans gain access to cheaper, better health care.) I was raised by a mother who came from the generation that was brainwashed into believing the government was trying to brainwash them—with History textbooks, with PBS, with toothpaste. But I do not come from that generation. So my experience with government has been very nice, actually. And, as much as the GOP tries to convince me that all government is like the DMV, I just don't see the resemblance from agency to agency.
The government gave me money and cheap tuition so I could go to college and graduate with a degree. It helped me buy my first house, provided nice roads for me to ride my bike and drive on. When I couldn't afford health care for my daughter, it provided it for her and it was the best care with which I've ever been acquainted.
I camped at Mount Rainier National Park last week in a beautiful campsite that cost me a whole $15. Try to find a spot at a KOA or any other private campground for $15. You can't. And I'll be you it wouldn't come close to the beauty of the one I stayed in.
I am getting so tired of the same old argument that the government can't do anything well. I REJECT THAT.
No, our education system isn't perfect and for those of us who prefer better and can afford better, there is better. There's private school. Government never told you you couldn't attend private school. But for the rest of us, the poorest of us, public school is a luxury. It provides a decent education when the only other option would be NO education. I don't care where our 11th and 12th grade students rank in the world. How would they rank if our entire education system was privatized?
History's got a pretty good guess and it goes something like this: The rich get smarter, richer, more prosperous, more exclusive.
The poor fall further behind, the gaps widens, the illiteracy deepens.
That's what is happening with health care.
So Mark Kennedy, and all you other "government sucks" GOPers out there, I've got a few questions for you:
1.) If government is so ineffective, why are so many of you so crazy about the military. Aren't you aware the military is a government entity?
2.) If the free market always knows best, if competition is what gives the best product to the consumer, then why are so many of you convinced that the mainstream media—the epitome of the free market wrongly gave the election to Barack Obama? Shouldn't the free market have the right answer?
What is up with you people?