In spite
of growing public opposition, Obamacare is nearing
full implementation. The noose of nationalized
healthcare was designed to not be fully tightened
around the public’s neck until it was futile to
struggle. Various cells of opposition were granted
temporary exemptions to lull them into submission
and it has worked perfectly. If Congress fully funds
Obamacare it will be as if the trap door on the
gallows has been tripped putting America in a
free-fall until the inevitable sudden jerk ends 236
years of liberty. Because Democrats have fully
embraced the big government principles of Marx and
half the Republicans have fully embraced the
principles of compromise, I expect Obamacare will be
funded.
In Montana’s most recent legislative session, we had
two opportunities to hinder Obamacare
implementation. We failed to block the first, HB87,
an “Act giving the insurance commissioner
rate-review authority”. We only stopped the second
bill, HB623, “Medicaid expansion,” because we
adjourned before the self-described “responsible
Republicans” could garner 12 more Republicans to
join the Democrats and pass this Obamacare plank.
Bless their little hearts. Once the federal
government, particularly the Internal Revenue
Service, controls your healthcare they will control
every aspect of your life. Let me show you.
There is no doubt America is facing an obesity
epidemic and each week new surveys pop up revealing
which city, state or county has the largest
citizens. Because the correlation between obesity
and the consumption of healthcare dollars is so
direct, does it not follow the entity granting you
free healthcare has the right to dictate what you
eat and how much you exercise? Of course it does.
The left knows this and this should terrify rational
thinking Americans. The First Lady’s war on
childhood obesity is an exploratory salvo probing
exactly how much government intrusion the public
will tolerate. Certainly, there has been resistance,
but it is mild and the left knows the populace can
be indoctrinated to accept any position. If you see
nothing wrong with surrendering such decisions to
government, imagine if this conservative cow doctor
were hired by the IRS as the national
body-mass-index czar.
Here is life in the Kerns house and it would likely
take the full force of government down the barrel of
gun to encourage you to join us. The alarm and the
coffee pot trip at 3:50 every morning. Over coffee,
the trophy wife and I read the Bible for 20 minutes;
a pace which gets us cover to cover every year. The
next 40 minutes are dedicated to strength training
with free-weights and this puts us out the door for
our regular seven mile run by 5:25 am. We are home
and showered by 7:00 and because we have eliminated
sugar and flour, our breakfast is mostly meat, fruit
and vegetables; not a popular position for a
politician from a state marketing wheat and sugar
beets. (Obviously, I am not a politician.) This is
our normal, but those of us on the liberty end of
the political spectrum know it is each individual’s
right and responsibility to balance their personal
calories-in and calories-out equation. This is not a
decision to surrender to government, yet voters have
done just such. Funding Obamacare will mean it is
too late for America to back down the steps of the
gallows.
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