Category — Economic Policy

The recent hullabaloo over health care has created an enormous opportunity for proponents of various social, economic and political theories to spread their particular flavors of propaganda. Media outlets of all flavors and levels of influence have been dominated by these purveyors of disinformation as the conflicting “facts” and “studies” have produced a dizzying array of “must-be-true” pronouncements the likes of which haven’t been seen since the immovable object and the irresistible force.

Ultimately, what has become clear is that while health care is the hot potato being tossed around, the real battle here is one over control. And the “left vs. right” fallacy has served up yet another sideshow to distract us from the real issues at stake: personal freedoms. Both of the two major political parties in the US are waging the same war on liberty, regardless of their platitudes. This becomes clearer by the day, as we are bombarded with hour after hour of what can most politely be described as political horse manure.

What many seem to have forgotten is that we have, in this nation and elsewhere, made health care a nearly impossible puzzle due to the notion that somehow someone other than the patient should pay for it. The origins of this ridiculous idea can be traced back to labor unions who lobbied corporate interests for better conditions for the masses of indentured servants who were forced to appeal to their corporate taskmasters for any and everything. It could arguably be further traced back to more obvious forms of slavery, but that’s probably a discussion for a different day.

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The Kool-Aid is flowing in Washington, D.C.

Sadly, lawmakers are actually batting around the notion of passing what is currently being estimated as an $800 Billion “stimulus” package.

First let me say that if we actually had $800 Billion “in the bank,” as it were, my opinion on this might be different. But the fact of the matter is that we are talking about borrowing this money… on top of all of the money we’ve already borrowed.

And before you write off my opinion as somehow “partisan” or otherwise neatly in support of one “side” or the other in this debate, let me hit you with a bit of common sense:

You can’t borrow your way out of debt.

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