I’ve been disgusted by what little I’ve seen of big media’s healthcare opposition coverage. As usual, the media is trying to squeeze a people vs. government issue into a left vs. right paradigm. So long as we are fighting each other, government is free to run rampant.
God bless the internet, lest I might think myself un-American for opposing Obamacare. I’m please to see strong criticism of the coverage from my usual sources.
Great commentary by Southern Avenger:
Some guy reacts to MSNBC host equating cries of “socialism” to using the N-word:
Fox “news” has been a checkered ally of the liberty movement. They seem like party hacks. When Republicans propose war, tyrannical government powers, and endless spending, Fox “news” becomes their #1 cheerleader, but when Democrats propose war, tyrannical government powers, and endless spending, Fox works to expose the threat to our liberty. Here, Fox interviews a Michigan man who confronted his congressman:
In the above interview, the man who confronted his congressman referenced this NY Post article, in which two of Obama’s advisers, including Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, discuss healthcare rationing. I actually think they offer very level-headed thoughts on how socialized healthcare would work. You can’t provide unlimited use of finite (and expensive) goods and services. Of course, most of the socialists behind Obamacare like to pretend you can.
As Tyler Durden wrote in this essay: “There is no system that provides for unlimited wants with limited resources. Our choice is whether it should be rationed by free people making their own economic calculations or by a bureaucracy run by Congressional committee (whose members, like the Russian commissars, will, I guarantee you, still get the best health care the gulag hospitaligo can provide).”
Lastly, hear Peter Schiff discuss bringing free market forces back to healthcare. I think the example of cosmetic surgeries provided at the end is spectacular: