Letter From Vince

Health Care Reform, A Town Hall Adventure

I surprised myself when I got around to thinking about the topic of the month -- Health Care Reform. As a Darwinian libertarian, I’m totally okay with not reforming the current health care system; but let's go one better, lets abolish Health Care as we know it, and lets get rid of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid too.

Harsh, extreme, Granny Killer, cheap bastard, rotten capitalist -- sure, and thanks for the compliments but before you condemn me consider the following:

-All elected officials, regardless of party, receive preferred health care at no cost to them, we the taxpayers pay for them -The red tape political process is inherently corrupt and self serving -Congress spends an ever-growing fortune every year on crap nobody needs, from jets for politicians, to Green causes, to highways no one drives on, to school programs that no one benefits from, and so on…

When Congress, the people we elect, start living like the ‘average American” and pay their fair share, then I will be happy to have a portion of my income go to help people less fortunate than me. But until then I prefer to keep my money, and spend it on the causes I choose. If I want to buy a blind person a cane, I will; if I want to help a poor single mother with extra food, I will, and in the meanwhile, let the clinics we currently have in place continue to serve the people who don’t have insurance.

ONLY when we clean up the mess can we think about new programs, I can’t wait for Congress to show us ‘Average Americas, aka Mobsters, the way. Lead by example, make the necessary but hard choices so most if not all Americans can reap the just rewards of their hard-earned efforts.

When Senators Kennedy and Dodd go to the same clinic as I do, then I will start to listen to them, but until then I will gladly pay for my own health care and make my own donations, thank you.

Getting older all the time
Aging Vince

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