Chris Herrington decided years ago that his reality was much more fun…
and he’s ready to tell you why.
Sit back and relax.
It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
I guess is seems to make sense that we would have trouble passing a bill to make sure that those who respond first in an emergency knew in the future they would be supported by their fellow Americans so that they would feel courageous enough to face the possibility of debilitating diseases should their courageous acts lead them into medical scenarios that were not unlike those of their being in war, but maybe not. We’ve also had trouble making sure the troops at war were given first class care too. Of course this makes sense then; we want help for free.
What I find really interesting is that those who depended on others to help them in a time of crisis are incapable of helping those who helped them in time of crisis. Essentially, what we are saying is that we want something for free because others should be willing to give it but we ourselves are unwilling to give under the same circumstances. If the drum beat is for less government, that seems to make sense, because I do not want the government all in my business, telling me who I can love, get married to, or how I live my life. Some people interpret the less government thing as having no rules about how they make their money, what guidelines they operate under, or whether they operate with full disclosure as to where the profits they make are stored or how they are invested.
Personally, I don’t want an income tax at all. I would like to have a completely volunteer government where only those who want to donate their time work for the government; that will make it smaller. I think that we should not have insurance companies at all. We should pull our money in groups and use the money from the fund to pay our bills, and we can organize the groups as we wish. Smokers over here. Vegetarians over here. Meat eaters over here. The system is so broken that we need , like local credit unions, insured groups that let in only certain members. Low costs would promote better health would promote lower costs. Now that’s real progress. We could do the same thing for every service we need, and without pork barrels at all.
With all of the money we would save, we could then afford quality education, quality health care, and a fund to take care of critical emergencies. It’s the entire congress and the senate and the White House that costs so much. They have all the purse strings and none of the will power to actually do the right thing. We’ve got laws that cover the most minor things and do not even begin to take care of the major things. A person gets busted locally and he goes to jail for life for the third offense. He starts an avalanche of mess that screws up the entire world economy and he gets rewarded with a low interest loan that he can use to make higher interest loans to others. The system is broken, really.
But I’ve digressed from my main point, the 911 First Responders. It’s the bleeding edge of stupidity to allow those who take care of us to take it on the chin. Who is going to bail your sorry behind out of a burning fire if he is afraid to get to close to you and lose his life saving yours. Only a moron, right? “Who needs to protect a moron? What an idiot! You saved me and now I’m fine and you’re messed up and you expect me to help you? I’m not like you. You’re a hero, or a nut, whatever. I take care of my own! Fine, it’s true I might not have been here if you had not pulled me out of that burning building, but that’s your problem! I can afford to take care of myself!”
I’m sure that the first responders would not mind if we didn’t help them out if they had the kind of insurance that would keep them out of the poor house by firstly paying them what they are worth, and secondly by making insurance companies keep them on after some magic limit. Doctors have long argued and even left their practices because of the high cost of malpractice insurance. Are our fireman, policeman, and medical emergency deployment teams facing this too? Hardly anyone will home deliver a baby anymore. Maybe we are seeing the end of services of all types. Only the rich will be able to afford any kind of health care. What will that magic line be?
Eventually, we are out classing ourselves. Everything will be too expensive. This is called inflation, yes. But there is something else at work. Those who are on top financially will be able to afford the medical care that the rest of us will not, but it won’t matter. To a billionaire, the best care will be available, and their will only be a few doctors who can do the surgery, but then they will only need a few select patients. Greek society only had 29% free citizens and the rest were slaves. We called that the beginning of democracy. It was nice while it lasted.
What I find really interesting about these ideas is that common folk will argue like the rich are going to take care of them. If you make less than $250,000, what is the reason why the rich would take care of you? You don’t even have enough left over to bleed out. This is why they want to lower the taxes, so that you have disposable income. Right now, it takes all of that just to get along. But when you can buy more stuff and it takes what you have to pay the lights, you’ll forget all about the first responders too.
runningturtle87
Having completed 32 years of public school service, Chris Herrington lives, with his wife, in Appleby, Texas, and his writing consists of blogging and essay writing concerning an array of topics including education, mediation, self-development, and human interests. He teaches at the Martin School of Choice, plays racquetball, and enjoys his job.
Chris Herrington can be reached at herrington@everythingnac.com
True, I send these in weeks in advance, sometimes.
huh?
Looking at the December date, this is a few months back Hap. I believe it was written abou the time the 9/11 responders were not being given help.
Since then, this bill did pass.