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Monday, March 22, 2010

You can't have freedom, if you ain't willing to lose!!!

I am not going to repeat the same ole talking points that everyone else is pushing forth about this healthcare issue. I'm pretty much sick of it. I have seen both sides of the issue and I understand people's angst towards Democrats, Republicans, government, and their bosses on this issue.

This is just another beginning. Every day is a new beginning. There is no end until they bury you in the ground and I hope to at that time leave this forsaken world for the glory of God.

So many people have spoken of how they are sick of politics. They wish that this were over or that were over, but isn't it obvious that political wills are continuous. The problem is that people won't confront their issues. They would rather have someone else make the difficult decisions for them and then bicker about those decisions.

It is always about unintended consequences versus reality. Whether your heart desires a Utopian world of Sunshine and Lollipops for all is irrelevant. What is relevant is what you are willing to do in pursuit of your dreams and the dreams of a better world you desire. We are interconnected and we do need to be fair and seek justice, but these principles cannot be mandated.

What has been put in place is a system of control towards the Least Common Denominator. Are we going to seek excellence in healthcare? Or are we going to try to control people's habitual will? Did prohibition work in the early part of the 20th century? No, it was repealed because of the consequences it wrought on society and the lives it destroyed in the wake of its path.

Who can argue with what the controlling mindset of unintended consequences can lead toward:
1) Reduction in Patient-Doctor confidentiality.
2) Mandatory Physicals that expose issues that will no longer be private.
3) One child policies with severe sanctions towards those who do not comply.
4) Mandatory Drug testing during physicals to determine issues of dependency that as stated above will no longer be a private issue.
5) Mandatory Counseling leading to possible mandated inpatient counseling at dependency centers.
6) Mandatory Health Coverage by all businesses - large and small.
7) Mandatory Body-Mass Index control with excise taxes applied according to excess weight.
8) Businesses garnishing your meager wages to pay for your health coverage.
9) You being put into a coverage group that has individuals with bad habits, which raises your premium payment with no cap on expenses.
10) The IRS delving into your issues of personal income and auditing you to make sure that you are reporting all of your income; over healthcare issues.

Why wouldn't this happen?
1) Does the government and society not deserve to know if you have a disease that could harm the society?
2) Does the government and business, that contributes to your healthcare, not deserve to know if you are chemically dependent on Marijuana, Cocaine, Alcohol, or other Narcotics?
3) Does the government and business that contributes to your healthcare, not deserve to have you operating at peak productivity which may be diminished by disease, obesity, pregnancy, or chemical dependency?
4) Does the government that contributes to your healthcare, not deserve to know exactly how much money you make? Especially in a progressive income based entitlement system?

You have given up control of you life in order feel a sense of comfort in security, but will you? Security is a personal mindset! Where is the security in full reliance on others.

If you think what I am proposing is ludicrous, then I challenge you to look at history. This has happened many times before when empires were formed. It will last a long time. It may even last the rest of our lives, but it will not last forever, because people yearn to be free.

The unknown causes Fear in many and Terror comes from those who exacerbate fear by manipulating that fear into a resource of control. If we embrace and accept the unknown, then we as humans can truly strive towards good and our powers are limitless. We must change our mindset away from these issues of negative control and move towards positive influence.

And I will never give up on that Ideal!!!

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