Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Augusta, GA
By Corporal Gripweed
Commentary
" As government expands, liberty
contracts."
Ronald
Reagan
As an opinion columnist for City Stink, I have steadfastly limited my
comments to issues of local interest. This week, I feel compelled to break that
precedent. Why?
Realizing that the country would be celebrating the two-hundred
thirty-sixth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
today, along with the knowledge that the Supreme Court of the United States
ruled that the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare was
constitutional, made local politics seem a bit trivial by comparison…
As a conservative, I am disheartened to say the least. Not because I
think the system we have in place now is perfect. I'm disheartened because our
"friends " on the left followed their
usual pattern of putting the issue in the hands of the government,
rather than trying to find other solutions to the problem. Which leads me to
believe that this whole issue is not, and never was about healthcare nor health
insurance. It's goal was to destroy the private healthcare system thereby
forcing every one into a single-payer government run program, that will
ultimately reduce availability and erode quality for EVERY American. Simply
stated,…it puts power over you and every
decision you make concerning your healthcare in the hands of a government that
can't even balance it's own checkbook…
In 1927, an American Socialist, Norman Thomas, six time presidential
candidate on the Socialist Party ticket said, "The American people will
never vote for socialism, but under the name of liberalism,the American people
will adopt every fragment of socialism."
I
fear that with this ruling we slip a bit closer to the abyss..
The other side of this equation is the Declaration of Independence.This document heralded the beginning of the "great
experiment", known as The United States of America. Now two hundred thirty
six years later we celebrate this event with fireworks, picnics, barbecues and
ball games. But I wonder….do we really understand it's meaning anymore?
Do
we really understand that these men fought
,and in some cases died,to keep this kind of governmental intrusion out
of our daily lives?….Are we confident our children are being taught the
principles of representative government and limited federal power put forth in
the Constitution? Do most of us understand that the Revolutionary War was, at it's core, a tax
revolt.
Sadly,this seems not to be the case anymore….
President Gerald Ford said, " A government big
enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take from you
everything you have."
This Independence Day, try to do less celebrating and more soul searching
about what kind of country we want to hand down to your heirs.. And please vote accordingly this November. This is arguably the most
important election in modern times. It will dictate which direction this
country is headed….Our children depend on us getting it right…..as do freedom
seeking people all over the world who look to us to be strong, steady and
solvent.
Lastly, if our friends on the left are right
and Obamacare turns out to be a success (which I seriously doubt) I will have
lost a little more freedom and even more
of my hard earned money.
But if conservatives are right and this
government uses our healthcare as a way to further erode our freedoms, we've
all lost. Liberals, Conservatives …America….***
CG
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