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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Some of My Thoughts

This is Steven Petrick Posting:

Much has been said about the reformation of the American Medical System.

The only thing I am certain of is that the proposed efficiencies of allowing the government to control all medical care will not happen.

One of the continuing problems we have, whether the Democratic Party or the Republican Party is in power, is that they never stop finding new things to spend money on. One of the reasons neither President Clinton or the Republican Congress during the 1990s will ever be well thought of by me is that they had the best chance to start dealing with the national debt. Instead, the used the increases in Tax income in that period to initiate new spending. Now, when we as a nation are in trouble, the current administration and congress are not content with trying to cut spending, and try to start reducing the debt, they are still looking for more new spending.

Another thing you should do is go back and look at what various programs were supposed to cost when they were proposed. Even after adjusting for inflation, the costs of all those social programs has grown out of control at an accelerating rate.

So, no, I am not in favor of allowing the government to administer health care. I am not in favor of adding an enormous new bureaucracy and all of the government paychecks that will need to be covered by taxes to the already bloated government infrastructure.