If "universal health care" (sic) is such a grand idea, why not universal vehicle maintenance? My car is old (1995) and has over 200,000 miles on it. Why am I not entitled to a "free" maintenance plan, or a "free" brand new car if it is beyond hope? Besides the fact that government hates and fears the private automobile, that is.
No, I do not want government to fix or replace my car. I am being absurd to illustrate the absurdity of the proposition that government can "fix" anything.
A right to something means that no one has the authority to keep it from you. It does not mean that anyone else has the obligation of providing you with it. I have a right to own and to carry a gun. That does not obligate you to provide one for me. But, you already understand this instinctively, unlike some people.
Government-approved car repairs would probably involve taking out the engine and replacing it with a block of concrete to help it go "reasonably fast, with your safety in mind" (as long as it is going down a steep hill).
Government health care: "The patient has stabilized".
Observer: "He's dead!"
Government health care: "And that is as stable as it gets since he isn't going to get any worse."
Government is in the business of health care prevention and demonstrates continually that it is pretty successful in this endeavor. The FDA and the DEA are a testament to that.
I have spent the past week in Albuquerque, where, ironically, I had no internet access, and was too busy to get online anyway. I was incognito (I wore a different hat) so that might explain why you didn't recognize me if you saw me there.
I survived the big city traffic and only got "the dirty look" a couple of times for not driving as fast and aggressively as others. I saw more cops than any civilized country would allow. I got photographed by a couple of tourists. All in all I had a nice time. Now I am back and out of touch with "the news".
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