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Health Care -- If Government Doesn't Do It, Who Will?

45caliber Wrote: Aug 27, 2009 5:03 PM

I help those whom I feel need it. I've bought groceries, bought baby items, helped clear yards and repair houses after storms, etc. I'd have more money to help if it wasn't all taxed away. Frankly I'm surprised only 70% is used up before it gets to the needy. It used to be 90% or more. It is also easier to accept aid from those around you rather than some stranger who hints of things he wants in return. Local giving also reduces the desire of the recipient to insist that "he deserves it". And it also encourages those who need it to do something for themselves and others, which government giving does not do.

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Health Care -- If Government Doesn't Do It, Who Will?

Assisting the needy in health care is a "moral imperative" -- not a constitutional right. The two are as different as a squirt gun and an Uzi.

If something is not permitted under our Constitution, the federal government simply cannot do it. Period. The Founding Fathers vigorously debated the role of the federal government and defined it in Article I, Section 8 -- spelling out the specific duties and obligations of the federal government. Most notably, this included providing a military for national security, coining money, establishing rules for immigration and citizenship, establishing rules for bankruptcy, setting up...

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