Posted 8/11/2009 07:46:00 PM by Douglas

Interesting take on our culture of free, but little perspective, other than a pithy political cartoon (which, isn't funny) about how that related to health care.

But where does this pervasive "culture of free" come from? No one thinks that the government owes you a car, do they? Ok, bad example. But still, isn't this the perpetuation of the government program run awry? People don't need to take care of themselves, because the government is always going to be there to pick up the pieces. Get a bad mortgage you can't pay? Here comes uncle sucker. Need health care? Here comes uncle sucker. Can't afford a new car, take care of your kids, feed yourself, or wipe your own ass? Don't worry about it. Here comes the government, and they're here to help, and save you from yourself.

Well I can afford newspapers, CDs, automobiles, and for the time being, health care. So how 'bout instead of trying to figure out how to get the government to take care of all your daily needs, we try the opposite and make sure that people taking care of them selves is the norm, not the exception.