Ann Stanton – 9/29/10

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Actions speak louder than words; Ann Stanton; Beaver County Times; September 29, 2010.

Two letters lobbying for a government-run, taxpayer-funded healthcare monopoly are here and here. Other letters claimed “Elected officials are out of touch” and “We have not learned from past.”

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“Election time is here again, and we’re hearing about all the good deeds our elected officials have done, as well as what the future holds if we elect the right person.

“They must be more specific when they preach about bringing jobs back to western Pennsylvania.

“What are these elected officials doing to bring full-time jobs with a decent living wage and a benefit package?

“There are too many part-time, minimum wage jobs with no benefits that keep people living close to the poverty level.

“What happened in this country that we can’t make or repair products anymore and even customer service jobs are sent overseas?”

[RWC] I’ll go out on a limb and assume Ms. Stanton is a supporter of leftist policies. As a result, Ms. Stanton will likely never recognize the policies she supports are largely responsible for the situations she sees.

“Another negative view relates to the health-care reform bill. How can politicians take pride in the fact that people are denied proper medical care because they lack health insurance?

“I realize this bill is confusing, but we need someone to help explain it and assist those who are in need of health insurance now.

“Since many elected officials don’t feel the need for government intervention regarding health care, I’d like to know how many of them pay totally out-of-pocket for their own health insurance, especially those who fought so bitterly to keep the status quo.”

[RWC] This is an old lefty talking point. If you don't support a government run, taxpayer-funded healthcare monopoly like Obamacare, the left claims you support “the status quo.” This is a straw man tactic. Regardless of how many times you state you support a free market healthcare approach over the status quo, nationalized healthcare proponents claim your opposition to their plan is support of the status quo. In their “defense,” though, lefties tend to believe anything not 100% controlled by the government is a free market. Nationalized healthcare proponents assert our current approach is “mainly a private enterprise operation” and “most of it’s [sic] coverage [is] in the private sector.” These folks want us to believe “private enterprise” and “private sector” are synonyms for “free market.”