Recently, I’ve come across several issues and situations glaringly illustrating how and why socialism simply doesn’t work, never could, never will, and particularly why the incumbent especially, is not only extremely misguided politically, but also clueless regarding how the U.S. economy really functions.
Following right on the heels of the high-profile doctor who used the recent rise off-shore, sheltered bank accounts in the Caymans to point out what smart, successful, folks will do with their money when threatened with oppressive taxes, and also the exodus of top-earners from California’s overburdening wealth redistribution attempts, another example of horrendous fiscal misjudgment quietly surfaced today.
According to the Associated Press via Fox News on-line “The Obama administration is quietly winding down one of the earliest programs created by the president's health care overhaul law It's a plan that provides stopgap coverage for uninsured people with medical problems who have been turned down by insurers.”
Gary Cohen, director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, said that while only about 135,000 uninsured people have gotten coverage at some point, "they are proving far more costly to insure than predicted."
The cause is many uninsured who go untreated exacerbate their medical problems and when finally getting coverage through a high-risk pool, "are in immediate need of expensive care."
However, what really galls me is this sentence from Cohen: “What we’ve learned through the course of this program is that this is really not a sensible way for the health-care system to be run.”
So, what this boils down to brings back memories of moronic Nancy Pelosi who made one of the most inane statements ever recorded from a person holding a supposedly responsible position when she glibly remarked that to find out what’s in the health care bill, we’ll have to pass it.
Well, now we know some more of it, and as each day goes by more costs and financial misjudgments come out of the woodwork. And what we’re finding out is, that when it comes to common sense on even the simplest subjects, Democrats in general rarely seem to possess it.
On the other side of the coin, though, is an item in The New York Times via Drudge focused on newly arrived Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas.
The article notes that “In just two months, Mr. Cruz, 42, has made his presence felt in an institution where new arrivals are usually not heard from for months, if not years.”
Examples of his outspokenness include suggesting that Chuck Hagel might have received compensation from foreign enemies, entanglement with the mayor of Chicago, challenging the Senate’s third-ranking Democrat on national television, voting against virtually everything before him, including John Kerry as secretary of state, and “raising the hackles of colleagues from both parties.”
I mention Mr. Cruz because it seems to me that, even though he seems perhaps a bit too aggressive, I think that’s a far better approach than doing less than nothing in office, like Hillary, Reed, Pelosi, Schumer, and slews of other political hacks. So, maybe now we have a new guy to watch who'll shake things up.
That’s it for today folks.
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