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Dear Thomas Sowell, the Politicians don't know what it means to start at square one! It's sorta like Obamas' "I'll go over all the budget items, cut the tax and spend, cut the pork, and put America back on track!" Well, to date, his "deceit" is like all politicians, but his spending has surely gotten worse, and when he took his family to Hawaii and spent a couple million (airplanes, gas, cars, etc.), Taxpayers knew we were in serious trouble. Of course, the ones that live off social and welfare programs couldn't care less as long as they get a check they're not entitled to! 'Fair Tax', to include property taxes and changing 'Voting Laws' should have been his top priorities! Were they? Absolutely not!  If American Taxpayers are smart, they'll demand to go back to “Pay as you go”system for medical expenses, insurance, and everything else, that includes stopping politicians and insurance companies from taking the last penny from you! Taxpayers don't really care about your party affiliation; therefore, the article under HPE Guest Column 6/28/09 “GOP Health plan doesn't address real issues”I'm quoting ‘Then maybe there wouldn't be 45 million uninsured in America!' According to statistics, population shows approximately 305 million Americans, subtract the 45 million (that's mentioned in article) - which is 15% of us, right,with no health insurance. This leaves 255 million, or 85%, with insurance; therefore, as usual, something doesn't add up. America doesn't need anything else controlled by a radical and socialist government, let alone National Healthcare! ‘Fair Tax', to include property taxes, and ‘pay as you go' for doctors and hospitals, would cut theft and tons of useless paperwork. Trillions would be saved by Taxpayers for their own families! At no time have Taxpayers, that have a job at present, heard the words “We, the politicians, in order to pay off trillions we borrowed without Taxpayers consent, are going to reduce our salaries and retirements to $12,000.00 yearly, which would benefit America!” This is one actual insurance/government billing. Stop and wonder “Where's the money” for this joke of a healthcare for all? ‘Explanation of Benefit' in which Medicare and your private insurance, which you pay, in addition to what little they pay out for you to your doctors after you've paid big bucks. If your doctor billed for $233.00, Medicare paid $76.20, and your private carrier said it was OK to pay $19.05, I don't suppose it will ever occur to receivers that this type ‘welfare program' is OK. May articles have been written that Social Security/Medicare paid dearly for people's care, including gastric bypass (which one could start by pushing their chair away from table) which they couldn't afford, including the Viagra, Cialis, Intense, and TV Programs telling the world about your sex life! I don't know about you, but I'm not interested in their sex life or anymore of their deceit and deep pockets. BOTTOM LINE: “If you don't work, have never paid social security, why should you receive anything that Taxpayers have worked for?” Being self employed, never accepting any type government/grant money, and remembering when insurance became Mandatory started myself and my employees to thinking ‘if our insurance was running $100.00 month for a family of three (3)', what would it be when we had to start paying the insurance companies to handle paperwork for government/politicians, illegitimates, social and welfareprograms and anything else that was forced on Taxpayers and small business owners! Well, now we know, don't we?” I'm quoting John Adams - “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword, the other is by debt.” America is now an enslaved nation with trillions of dollars in debt and all because of deceit and greed. Surely, you remember history and the Dictator that said “We'll destroy America and never lift a finger!” If this doesn't wake you up, nothing will!

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As usual, Mr. Sowell has introduced some common sense logic to a situation which has systematically been void of some of the facts. Proponents of government sponsored medical care have only touted the beneficial aspect of price while conveniently, or possibly ignorantly, avoiding mention of those other aspects of medical care Sowell's article warns us about. Simply put, the matter has been over simplified. If we all were to get what we all want, that is, the full spectrum of medical care which technology has to offer, and in a timely manner, the price tag would be well beyond what we as tax payers want to pay. On the other hand, such a socialized medical system, enhanced by a socialist form of government, appears to be an answer. Taxing the rich (President Obama's promise of no new taxes for those of us earnng less than $250,000 is on the verge of becoming a broken promise) is the ultimate solution to the problem. The whole problem, then, becomes one of choice. Do we want to give up the form of government we have for one which Karl Marx advocated? When we take from those according to their abilities and give to those according to their needs we will have accomplished the type of government which allows the type of medical care being espoused by the Democrats. But at what cost?