Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Saturday, December 19, 2009 9:12:40 PM
Senator,
I write to ask you if representative democracy in America is dead? The actions on the "climate change" and "health care reform" bills make me suspicious that you and your party colleagues are intent on seizing a degree of power that our Constitution was designed to prevent. At least 60% of Americans are against this health care takeover bill. Do you realize that the government does not own the health care assets of the country? Doesn't that matter to you? Doesn't it matter that the government actually lacks the capacity and constitutional authority to handle such a huge additional burden? We don't trust you lot, and with history on our side. Weren't you in the House when it turned its bank into a check-kiting scheme, and its post office into a money-laundering operation? Many of the House leaders of the time are House (and Senate) leaders now. What evidence do we have that you have all become Abraham Lincolns? The larcenous budget proceedings and "stimulus" bill that contained more pork than the nation's meat markets give us no reason for confidence.
Even if we could trust you, we still realize that central planning of health care has failed everywhere it has been tried. The evidence is plain in Canada and in Great Britain, and their health care problems are far smaller and less complex than ours. We are the medical research center of the world, and millions of people in other countries owe their lives to the creativity of our doctors and scientists. If government takes over the health care field, it will inevitably affect and inhibit medical research. The wonder drugs of tomorrow depend on the freedom and market incentives of today. Do not take away the hopes of the future for the sake of giving a new President a "legislative achievement". There is nothing - NOTHING - good in this bill.
Take the Damascus road, Senator. Represent the people, not the special interests pushing this power grab. Just tailor a narrow bill to cover the uninsured who are not simply declining to purchase insurance (which is their right), or just changing jobs and are uncovered temporarily.
Just start over.
Sincerely,
Hermit and Mrs. Crab
PS Thank you for your response to my concerns re the nomination of Judge David Hamilton. The response was very courteous. Absolutely inaccurate, but very courteous.