I’ve been complaining about this health care bill that the president wants to shove down our throats for a while now. I think the people high up in government these days have forgotten that they are supposed to represent the people and not just their own ideals.
A friend of mine came to visit today and he asked me what I think should happen to people like him who are unemployed buy have medical conditions that require lifelong medication. Is it just “too bad, you’re out of luck” for people like him? It’s kind of a tough question because if the health care bill is passed, a lot of people are going to get screwed financially and I think overall our standards of healthcare will go down. But if it doesn’t get passed, a lot of good people, like my friend, will be in desperate shape.
My friend is a very hard worker. I know that because he used to work for me. And because of that, I feel pretty sure that he’ll get another job soon and be able to take care of himself. Even if it takes a while I wouldn’t feel bad about our government taking care of my friend during his hard times because I know that he’ll work his way back out of it. I guess I just don’t want to have our tax dollars pay for the freeloaders that figure the government owes them something just because they were born on U.S. soil.
I believe in the old saying, “Give a man a fish, he’ll live for a day. Teach that man to fish and he’ll live forever.” I think our government gives out way too much fish.
