America’s Time Travel Problem?!
March 25th, 2010So now law makers are getting threats over the health care bill.
I feel like I’m going back in time. Soon women will again be stoned to death with a public audience. The rich will start shooting poor peasants in the street. People can pay the church so they can go to Heaven later (currently still works). The rich live clean, healthy lives in sectioned off sections of the city, while the dirty poor become diseased and die. The rich are taxed a lot (overall amount), but still enjoy vacations and material items, while the poor are taxed a lot (vs. income), and still don’t have enough for basic life needs.
I will not begrudge the wealthy. Many earned it, and should be able to enjoy it, but when our society has lost sight on where the minimums for life, liberty, and happiness are, we only show that we are healthy on the outside, but cancerous inside. Many (millions (myself included) are not able to afford a reasonable health care option, and only want a fair and effective option. This has been a growing problem for some time, and as Americans we need to be proactive, not wait for a violent overthrow as other countries are forced to do. I’m not saying the new system is perfect, or will last for decades, only that there is movement and the stagnant health care water needed to be allowed to flow. I expect that there will be a lot of change in the coming years on health care and I feel that is good. Give and take will let things firm up as a good system.
Sadly, there are ignorant people freaking out about a bill they haven’t/can’t/won’t read or even try to understand, all the while unethical, smoke-and-mirror expect politicians are throwing half-truths out there so that the sheep spend more time fighting each other rather than notice the lobbyist payments coming in. I expect these nearly illiterate TV-only-watching, media sheep aren’t helping. These are the types who get into the moron mob mentality (unfortunately this is somewhat worse with the internet “not-think tank” environment) and start threatening people, rather than actually learn something so they can focus their anger/thoughts at the correct source.
Here’s a short bit of advice: Stop being the Americans others have told you that you should be and start becoming the Americans you need to be to see our country get back on track as being a world leader. #1. EDUCATE yourself. #2. Participate in DISCUSSIONS (not solely regurgitate others). #3. SUGGEST change(s). #4. VOTE.