KILROY SAYS: You Can’t Eat a Bandaid
Government run healthcare is such a noble aspiration, when you think about it. The government stepping in to help the poor, sickly and downtrodden who can’t afford to help themselves. At least, that’s what’s being proposed right now.
But there is a bigger issue the government should be addressing. Malnutrition.
As mind-boggling as it may seem, there are people going hungry in the United States right now. There are children who aren’t being given sufficient nutrition. Homeless people who have to beg on the side of the road for their next meal.
How do we fix that problem? Can we slap a big bandaid on their belly, give them two aspirin and shove them out the door?
Not having healthcare won’t necessarily kill you. People recover from colds, flus and even amputations all the time.
Not eating will definitely kill you.
Nutrition is probably the number one preventative medicine in the history of mankind. Our extended lifespans in the 21st Century are undoubtably the result of better food. Sure, medicine has made great strides in correcting illnesses and ailments, but what about preventing them to begin with?
I remember during the Reagan years the government handing out cheese. We all joked about it, but I wonder how many people directly benefitted from that cheese. How many people had a meal because of that cheese? And what about Food Stamps? The government is already involved in feeding some of the populace. Why not expand that existing program?
If the Left truly wants to make America healthier, let’s start at the breakfast table. Instead of taxing soda in an effort to reduce people’s consumption of it, because it is linked to obesity, why not get people eating healthier? Why not outlaw some of the crap people consume everyday, like overly-sugared breakfast cereals or diet pills designed to trick you into feeling like you’ve eaten.
A healthier-eating America will be a healthier America.
Healthcare for all is a grand idea, but a better one is to provide good food for all.
Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out is a national campaign that helps bring the restaurant industry together to make sure that no child in the US grows up hungry. From September 20-26, 2009, participating restaurants across the nation will donate up to 5% of that week’s sales, generating millions of dollars to help Share Our Strength end childhood hunger in America.
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I wish the cheese program was still going on…………I needz some cheese but money is too tight to get whats I want. Hard to pay the bills right now, not to mention the nightmare of going down a grocery aisle.
Sad………the "system" makes more money from sick peoples than it does healthy. Big Business, ya' know………….sick peoples, poor peoples, hell even a credit card is a sickness. But, no matter, it is economically feasible or at the least fashionable.
But, seriously now, the Left only knows what the Leftists brainwash them to believe and that ain't nothing to do with what's best for America…………..only to keep their sorry azzes in office. Selling a vote has become much easier/better than actually helping a citizen.
I like cheese!
I love this site. it is a treasure trove of things to disagree with. (I say this with the utmost respect. I respect your opinions, but I want to voice mine)
At first glance, this is a well-written piece of sense. Malnutrition is indeed a terrible truth, and one we must deal with. I agree that Reagan did excellent with the cheese idea. However, why would you bash the President for implementing an idea for helping millions receive coverage? This is helping people that deserve it, and I daresay that this is a step in the right direction. An expansion of the government-run food stamps program would be excellent, but I fear the right would call it “socialism”
Would you rather be healthy and hungry, or sick with a full belly?
By the way, Davy- thanks for joining in. We always listen to others’ opinions. We aren’t democrats.
Do your worst.