Mahatmas Gandhi said, “Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.” Right now it is difficult for politicians to make the connection between freedom and the right of the government to intervene in citizen’s “wrong” choices. When government healthcare is signed into law those who believe in restricting your right to make “wrong” choices will have their “direct” connection: “Their behavior costs the public treasury.”My neighbor is about 80 pounds overweight, smokes and rides a Harley. Does he have the right to his freedom? When we start paying for his health insurance will there will be a demand that government do something about his freedom to make all these “wrong” decisions? Remember, others may object to the sky diving or the mountain climbing you might do, or the hang gliding and scuba diving I do. The very liberty we enjoy is at risk and becomes subject to every invention in the minds of politicians.
Forget about trillions in debt, absurd taxation and destroying medical innovation. The direct connection to oppression is why I do not want government healthcare - not because I don’t care about my neighbor as President Obama asserts. Call your senator and congressmen now and tell them to vote against this monstrosity that will kill the greatest healthcare system in the world.
