The Obama administration's attempt to jam down public option, government-run health insurance to, ostensibly, compete with private insurers is a huge deception. Have you seen how government runs things? Social Security, Medicare, Student Loans, IRS, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Post Office are just the top of the list of incompetently managed government-run programs that are neither efficient, user friendly, or profitable. They are only a few in a long trail of government-run failures, failures that we working citizens have to pay for without exception. The government does not pay for things, we do. To claim, with a straight face, that the federal government could run a healthcare system better and cheaper than the private sector, ignores history and is sheer fantasy. It's really not about healthcare at all, that's just a pleasant-sounding cover. It's about stealing about one-sixth of the US private sector in one quick swoop, a spectacular power grab, and the biggest liberty and freedom snatch ever seen in this country. It's the fastest and easiest way to herd more of us into dependence on the federal government, and, by definition, less freedom of choice. With the government in control of our health, it can regulate all aspects of our life by reasoning that what we do, eat, and where we live and what we drive, are all related to our healthcare costs, and must be tightly controlled. If the administration actually wanted to insure the uninsured, they would use a scalpel, not a chainsaw, to our healthcare system. To remake the entire healthcare applecart for everyone, for a promised benefit to a small minority of citizenry, is illogical and needlessly expensive. Remember, government spends the money of the people (you and me), it has no incentive to be either good or cheap. It's only incentive is to justify its existence. You want more government? Open your checkbook.
