Today, for the first time.........

Wednesday – January 19, 2011

Today, for the first time……..

Today, for the first time, our Congress is actually going to do something that they were sent to Washington to do. The 112th Congress, under the leadership of the new Speaker, John Boehner, is going to start the process of repealing Obama Care.

Though there have been repeals of law, in the history of Congress, this one will stand out to be the most important in recent history. The repeal of this law must be total it must encompass the entire law and not just portions of it. The country cannot move on until the root of this bill is totally gone. If any portion of it survives it will only provide room for growth of this bill in future Congresses.

This law should be repealed, because of the disastrous affects it will have on our society and on our people. Many polls and many experts are telling Congress to move on this. We have all heard the reasons why this healthcare law should stay intact. We have all heard the reasons why it shouldn’t. Quite honestly, many of us really don’t have the answers as why it should stay and why it should go.

Let’s start with the obvious. This law was passed in a one sided government. This law was passed in the dark of night, behind closed doors. Any law and any legislation that is voted on should not be passed with intimidation and scare tactics.

This is the first time in recent history that a law and or any piece of legislation was poised for the take over of 1/7 of the economy. It gives the bureaucracy unlimited growth and power over the individual.

Ludwig von Mises wrote in his introduction to bureaucracy in 1944:
“But now, for many years and especially since the appearance of the New Deal, powerful forces are on the point of substituting for this old and well‑tried democratic system the tyrannical rule of an irresponsible and arbitrary bureaucracy. The bureaucrat does not come into office by election of the voters but by appointment of another bureaucrat. He has arrogated a good deal of the legislative power. Government commissions and bureaus issue decrees and regulations undertaking the management and direction of every aspect of the citizens’ lives. Not only do they regulate matters which hitherto have been left to the discretion of the individual; they do not shrink from decreeing what is virtually a repeal of duly enacted laws. By means of this quasi-legislation the bureaus usurp the power to decide many important matters according to their own judgment of the merits of each case, that is, quite arbitrarily. The rulings and judgments of the bureaus are enforced by federal officials. The purported judicial review is in fact illusory. Every day the bureaucrats assume more power; pretty soon they will run the whole country.
This vehement indictment of bureaucracy is, by and large, an adequate although emotional description of present-day trends in American government. But it misses the point as it makes bureaucracy and the bureaucrats responsible for an evolution the causes of which must be sought for elsewhere. Bureaucracy is but a consequence and a symptom of things and changes much more deeply rooted.

The characteristic feature of present-day policies is the trend toward a substitution of government control for free enterprise. Powerful political parties and pressure groups are fervently asking for public control of all economic activities, for thorough government planning, and for the nationalization of business. They aim at full government control of education and at the socialization of the medical profession. There is no sphere of human activity that they would not be prepared to subordinate to regimentation by the authorities. In their eyes, state control is the panacea for all ills.

Approximately 75% of Americans either want the bill repealed or make changes that make sense. 26 States are now suing the government over its constitutionality. There is no question that healthcare needs reform. But let’s get back to the basics. Start with Tort reform, and medical fraud. Go to free market principles of competition by taking down state to state barriers in insurance law and regulations. If this Congress can do this then they will be the first Congress to do the people’s work.

As we start the debate of repeal in the halls of Congress, Great Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron of the Conservative Party, has announced that he will spearhead a movement to reform that country’s healthcare system. He says that it cost his government 158 billion dollars a year. He said that patients are not getting the services that the government had promised. Some say this is a back door attempt to privatize the healthcare system that was put into place after World War II. Great Britain’s healthcare system is the country’s largest employer. After half a century, they have realized the error of their ways. Progressive politics and policies have not worked there, so why would it work here? This is the $64,000.00 question that this government has failed to answer.

The debate will start today and it will probably be voted on as early as tonight certainly by weeks end. The next hurdle is the Senate. If it passes there, then it goes to the President. The question is will he, himself, listen to the will of the people? Chances are, it will not pass in the Senate, but at least the Congress is doing what they were sent to do.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: Give this Congress a chance, pay attention to what they are doing and start a dialog with your representative. For the first time you will realize that your voice will be be heard.