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The Republicans responded to the Obama message that there was agreement between the political parties on among other things, healthcare. Below is an excerpt from the Republican response.

“A government takeover of health care will put bureaucrats in charge of health care decisions that should be made by families and doctors,” Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana said in the Republican radio and Internet message.

“It will limit treatment options and lead to rationed care. And to pay for government health care your taxes will be raised,” said Boustany, a cardiovascular surgeon and member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group. “That is something we cannot support, and frankly, it would clearly violate some of the principles the president himself has endorsed.”

Face Fwd Comments:
I was getting worried as I read through the transcript of Obama’s speech reading like a plan had already been struck. Then I read the conservative response and was just a little relieved. It bothers me when I see Obama saying that the republicans agree that we need to overhaul our healthcare system. Are there deals being cut that we are not being informed on and our conservative representatives are just playing politics with speeches like Charles Boustany’s?

When they say “overhaul” what do they mean? I am convinced that Obama and his administration intend on making our healthcare system answer to the government and in some fashion be part of the government. When they say “overhaul” I am convinced that they mean increase my cost and my taxes while reducing my healthcare options so that they can provide healthcare to illegal aliens and their illegal children who were born here as well as those currently on some kind of government assistance.

I don’t want deserving citizens to go without medical care nor do I want people from other countries to be sick. However, at what point do we hit the tipping point when we can no longer pay and the whole system collapses. I like the analogy of a life boat from a sinking ship. The life boat can hold 10 people safely. The boat is overwhelmed with 12 people and may or may not make it. While trying to make it safely to shore another ship is damaged and starts sinking. Unfortunately, that ship has been poorly managed and has no life boats. As people from the poorly managed boat start swimming to the life boat what should the 12 people do? Invite them on board so they can all die? Get out of the boat and let the second group of people take their place? Who deserves to live and who deserves die. I know how I would feel if my family was on that boat. What would you do?

Government assistance is no longer a safety net as it was intended. It has become a lifestyle.