In the land of the free, House Democrats unveiled a health care plan that will penalize the individual for not participating in the government health care plan for the collective. This is on top of the necessary tax increases that will accompany this $1 trillion plan (Democrats say that actually the bill is half that, but half of a trillion is huge regardless). Of course, Democrats made sure not to leave out the mandatory participation of small businesses that will have to contribute at least 8% of their payroll on behalf of their employees, yet another burden on the small businesses of America. The most significant issue is, of course, the government-run health insurance option which will ultimately destroy small health insurers and lead us straight to a universal government-controlled ad administered health care system.

Is this the best we can do? Tax more, spend more, and punish individuals for not complying with the state? We are losing our way. We, as a society, have decided to throw our hands up in the air and say “we need the government to take care of our every need.” The worst part about it is that not everyone knows that this push for the “public option” is really an attempt by government to take over health insurance completely. Already they have talked about mandated compliance, even before they fully control the system. A government is only justified in existing insofar as it has a public duty, so in order to increase the “purpose” of government Democrats are regulating even more personal areas of a one’s life and creating a bureaucratic framework by which to control those parts of one’s life as a means to expand their government, their power.

Of course, the president is asking that Congress put the bill on his desk by the end of the year, because if his artificially high popularity wanes, then the average American will come to realize that the government has become too powerful and must be reined in. At that point we can be sure that no such plan would pass and instead we would look for ways to let the abundant competitive and creative spirit of America help make health care affordable, not the bureaucrats and politicians who thirst for power. To awaken the still unstirred people of this country to the truth would quickly put an end to all efforts to make government bigger and more intrusive.

-AG