Perhaps some final thoughts before the US gets what it voted for … massive expansion of federal control and authority …
The Canadian Premier’s selecting US private healthcare for his heart surgery over the socialized Canadian healthcare speaks volumes. I’m heartened that he is unapologetic over putting his health above politics. You have to at least admire his candor and the timing. His obtaining care outside the Canadian system reminds me of my experience with government-run healthcare — my years in the US Army. We suffered more than our share of broken bones and twisted bodies in the 82nd Airborne, and it was considered like winning the lottery to get referred off post for private healthcare. Sadly, in 2007, more than a decade after I left active duty, the flagship Army medical center was roundly and properly criticized for neglecting their soldier patients (see here). Experiencing the socialist enclave of the military was the catalyst for shedding my statist, ie liberal, leanings.
I don’t see how the Democrats don’t pass their healthcare bill. With such wide margins in both chambers of Congress and controlling the presidency … Unfortunately, a voter “correction” in this year’s mid-term elections and even winning the presidency and Congress back in 2012 would be very unlikely to roll back this legislation, should it pass. It’s so very unlikely that conservatives would gain a filibuster proof Senate margin.
Regardless of whether we take the Euro-socialist plunge over the next few days and resign our children to European economic stagnation, Christ still reigns, the sun will still shine, and our God still calls us to love and serve. Press on!
Sapphire Sky 