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Dang It! More fun from the looney left on health care
Written by Matt Bennett
Friday, 15 May 2009 17:33
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FROM THE AP: WASHINGTON – House Democrats are crafting a plan  that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill.

It's the latest development in President Barack Obama's push to fix the ailing U.S. health care system by getting the government more deeply involved.

Obama has said the final legislation must rein in costs, guarantee choice of health plans and medical providers, and ensure that all Americans have access to affordable coverage. But he's leaving it to Congress to work out the details. (emphasis mine)

I promised myself that I wasn't going to get political at all on this blog. But the phrase in red hit me so hard I had to comment. I"ll make it short. The "ailing" health care system is only ailing because the government is already deeply involved. Every time the government gets "deeply involved" in something, it functions less effectively at greater costs. One small step towards socialism for a man, one great leap towards socialism for mankind. This is health care we're talking about. And it's worrisome.

But even more worrisome is the word in the first bolded sentence in purple, is the word "required" – Require all Americans to carry health insurance. Require a free citizen to do something that the government thinks may be
good for his health. This is scary stuff, boys and girls. This goes way beyond socialism. I guess liberal democrats don't care about SOME civil rights. According to them, we have the right to freedom, unless the lack of freedom
is "good for us."

This makes me angry. And scared.

Editor's Note: A former Journalist and MTW contributor, Matt Bennet blogs on anything and everything he deems relevant. Want to know more? Check him out at Life of the List.

 
The New Liberals…
Written by Matt Bennett
Monday, 26 May 2008 02:56
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I know, I know. Neoliberalism is already a term, defined on Wikipedia and all that, but as long as America's definitions about everything are changing, I would like to offer up an alternate meaning to the word neoliberal.

A neoliberal is anyone over 27 who still watches cartoons regularly. Anyone who knows everything about show business and nothing about politics. Anyone who hates the war and has no idea why. Anyone who hates our president and has no idea why. Anyone who is voting democrat and has no idea why.

A neoliberal is anyone who can change their political views like a chameleon depending on whom they are with (the change being so natural that they don't even know that it is occurring). Anyone who thinks Fox news is biased and right wing but has no idea why. Anyone who thinks that other news stations are fair and balanced. Anyone who forwards emails without checking the content on snopes.

Neoliberals are not known for their ideas, but for their adherence to any idea that sounds good. They would rather get on with the important things in life such as iPods and Brittney's crotch shot. These are things worth learning about. Time magazine is taking care of the other stuff without us, and if we want to find out what they are doing, we just have to buy a magazine. But oh, wait – that copy of Maxim looks a lot more interesting.

In short, I guess, neoliberalism is the philosophy that we can unquestioningly trust the media and trust the government because they know better than us, and who are we to question them. It is the idea that we need to fit in with the majority even if the majority are sheep blindly following anyone who calls himself a leader, because it's easier that way.

Besides, sometimes it's hard work to think. Most people don't have that kind of time…do you?

Editor's Note: Matthew Bennett blogs on Politics, Social Issues, Christian faith, Philosophical Theism, and a host of other topics at BeforeManBreathed.