I have never been so disgusted with my government.
The nausea has subsided somewhat, though I can easily and reliably summon it again. All I have to do is consider that the Democrats have obviously jettisoned any hope of favorable midterm election results, and absent that stick with which to beat them, what else might this gang of thugs do in the next seven months? Mark Steyn was right. The will of the people is completely irrelevant. Grease up, ladies and gentlemen.
Most Americans opposed this awful bill, but some supported it, and obviously they’re cheering now. I chatted about that with kemtee a bit. Despite our grounded and cynical selves, we were still both a little surprised at said cheering, I think. So I thought a bit about how we might have gotten it:
- Civic ignorance. Clearly, knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is lacking. I wonder how many college students would accurately describe the document as “an instrument for the people to restrain the government“? I wonder how many would define “inalienable rights” correctly? After all, I’ve heard for months that health care is a basic fundamental right.
- Innumeracy. Deficit spending is just how we do things now, and it’s no big deal. It’ll all work out. What is a dollar, anyway? Where does it come from? Oh, and one number ending in “-illion” is rather like any other number ending in “-illion,” isn’t it? A billion is, like, a bunch. So is a trillion. Right?
- Culmination of decades of class envy rhetoric. “Rich” people get rich by stepping on “poor” people, and they don’t pay “their fair share” when they get there. Why, they hardly pay anything at all into the system, so they’re a reliable source for gobs more money to pay for anything we can think of. Plus, they deserve it, the bastards.
Despite it all, we must be deeply and sustainedly serious about turning this back. Though we must make the effort to travel them, I’m pessimistic that satisfaction is to be found down judicial avenues. It’ll take two elections. Though it would be preferable that the Republicans reclaim the House this year, it’s not strictly necessary; gains sufficient to get comfortable Blue Dog overlap might be enough. Then, they have to have Congress and the White House in ’12.
Sounds daunting. It is. I also fear it is the only path to preventing the permanent decline of the greatest nation in the world. God help us.
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Again, well done. Much more coherent than I’ve been able to be as of late.
I can see where this health care crap is going to lead and it’s going to get real ugly. Increased demand for medical services will lead to rationing and long wait times. When the public gets pissed over this, the lefties will start looking for scape-goats. The first to be pilloried will the overweight people…”they’re taking up more than their fare share of the medical services…it’s all their fault anyway” will be their cry. Overweight people will see their taxes increased and their services cut. As the need for more funds increases the definition of “overweight” will change to include more and more individuals. After this has been milked for all it’s worth they’ll move on to denying services to the elderly because they’ll be dying soon and we can’t afford to waste the limited medical resources on them.
Given the staggering debt we are taking on from health care reform and then pile on the costs of Cap and Trade, Social Security bailout, etc, and I can visualize us paying 80 percent or more of our income to the Government. Say goodbye to individual liberty and hello to the new serfdom. We’ll spend our lives toiling for the Government and then thanking our Mastas’s for taking such good care of us. Heck, maybe they’ll even give us a new set of clothes and a pair shoes each year…Free of Charge!
Then again, maybe our nation will go bankrupt long before any of this happens and the union dissolve into chaos. None of it looks good. I hope to God I’m wrong. I’ve never been so pessimistic in my life.
kemtee: You are too kind.
Bob: It’s very hard to look at this with your eyes open and see anything but disaster. Like you, I’ve never been so pessimistic. Plain and simple, it’s got to be turned back.
How long before the country’s bond rating is downgraded?