been trying to figure out clintion's health insurance plan. i kind of understand what she is trying to say, but what i don't get is that if i want to keep my health insurance that i have now, am i still 'paying into' the 'social insurance'? because that's what it is socialism. if that is the case...i'm not for it.
karl rove has some good points coming from a republican point of view. he points out some good points.
and let's not forget the health savings account that is set up under the dept. of the treasury. i might look into this a little more. from a quick look to me it seems to be a savings account that is used for medical stuff.
i understand the need for health care. for years i never had any. but i cannot accept the argument that health care is some kind of right. not in our society. this thing called 'human rights' do not exist. the only rights that we as americans have are those that are granted to us in the constitution. that's it. i as an animal have no rights. i as a human have rights that are granted to me by my government. if there was such a thing as 'human rights' then wouldn't they be innate, thus being born with, thus everybody in existence would be treated the same, and have these so called rights? yes. but do they? no. are not rights nothing more but legally enforced morality through the government? and since we are in a society of moral relativist, and with that thought that there is no objective good, or objective right or wrong (i don't have to point out examples) there then becomes no 'universal human rights', rather let's just provide lip service. lip service to get elected. throw out enough slogans to put on a bumper sticker and move on.
i feel as though i'm rambling. my apologizes. i think my point, somewhere in the start of all this, was i'm really not sold on clinton's plan. she states that it would not create more or new bureaucracies, but how are you going to implement this with out it? or are you going to have to hire a shit load of people who already work for the system already to deal with it?
i have another ramble going through my mind right now, but i won't get into it. maybe later...
until next time...
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21.9.07
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In our society there is no such thing as "human rights?"
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
I'm actually not much interested in the health care issue. Though I would say that universal health care would help to insure the right to "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" and it was also be promoting "the general welfare."
Your blog has piqued my interest in this though: is there such a thing as a philosophy of America? And while the freedom to disagree, the freedom to dissent is part of the American tradition, how far can you move from the basic moral/philosophical tenets espoused by documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights before you cannot in a philosophical sense BE American?
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