Thread: Health Care Reform; States suing as unconstitutional

Originally Posted by commiecat

What would you do if you got bumped off your bicycle and broke your arms? Then what would you do if somebody saw your accident and called you an ambulance?

Since I could still walk, I would be a ****ed off SOB if you called me an ambulance, have you seen what they charge for a ride in those?

Personally I would pick my self up walk to the doctors office and ask him to set my arms, if he wanted to try and charge me too much, I would walk to a library, open a book, and learn how to set my arms myself.

If I had insurance I probably wouldnt care what the doctor charged, or if you called an ambulance for me, but then who would be the one wanting to keep prices down?
Doctors would love to see the prices go up and who could blame them, their education costs so much they start the private world in debt up to their eyeballs. Insurance companies would love to see prices go sky high, since that gets them more buisiness, its almost extortion.

As long as anyone but the consumer sets prices, prices will continue to sky rocket.

Sorry about the rant , back to the OP, I am confused about the republicans in Washington whining about state rights now. Why dont they stand on the side of states in the marijuana debate? How do they feel about the original usurper of state rights, the us government of the mid 1800's? Either the states have the right to decide for themselves or they dont, from my reading of US history they do/did. I for one think every governmental problem we have in the US today was started during the Lincoln/Johnson administrations(atleast Johnson tried to veto some bills) and have been made decidedly worse each time the government has tried to solve the problems that came to be because of the change that took place in our federal government at that time. Without the income tax that Lincoln started, would the government have the ability to just spend and spend and take and take? Our government up to that time got the their job done without involuntary taxation, and they were also held in check, size wise, until robbery and vindictiveness became american policy, I cant help but think the two are related.

For all those that love this new legislation. I will never pay for forced insurance, if that means I cant hold a job(on the books), oh well, I guess I will get on the governmental roles and all you that think that we live our lives for others can live for me, cause I am sick of living for you, i'm done. Yes this does sound selfish, because it is, I think we make the world better by making ourselves the best we can be, not that we make this world better by forcing others to do things on our behalf, its not charity no matter how you have justified it.

Where is krisbarger and his wondeful sig line quote by Sam Adams? It goes so well with this debate, imo.