More government is not answer

To the editor:

Let's go over this as I see it.

I have heard and read about this for a long time, and I'm amazed at what I have heard at what's going on in Washington, D.C.

There are a lot of bills in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate that still have to be put together to form one bill to be put up for vote.

All this bickering that goes on amazes me. The Democrats (left wing) are trying to push this (Public Option) health insurance on us.

I know that there has to be a change, but to have a government-run health insurance is hilarious.

I have checked with my insurance company, and they told me that only some insurance companies can sell in this state.

Also the ones out of state that are licensed by our state can sell here also.

I have heard that there are about 1,400 insurance companies in the whole United States.

Do you know that the federal government can buy health insurance from any one of the 50 states to get a good deal. But we can't do it.

To have a true reform in this health insurance is to let us buy from any state like the federal government.

That way we can have competition and drive the costs down.

The pre-existing conditions and the like can possibly be done by the government so that no one is turned away.

One of my favorite expressions is this: To bring costs down is like remodeling the kitchen. You don't have to tear down the house to remodel the kitchen.

They said that there will be about $500 million taken from Medicare to pay for the down payment toward the $800 billion-plus health option. Figure this out. They take that much money away, then the senior citizens will have to pay more out-of-pocket up front or when you get the hospital bill.

Also who pays the cost to get the government-run health insurance? They are the ones that do have jobs and the employers of the employees. They are taxed to supplement the health option so that the people can get free treatment.

Think this out:

How many things does the government need to run? Everything that the government runs or sees to touch goes into the tank, sort of speaking.

Social Security is going broke in a few years from now. The main reason is that the government borrows from the Social Security pool to put the money in their general fund to run the government. In its place they put a U.S. bond, and who do you guess has to pay the bonds off?

Amtrak is government-run and is losing money. Medicaid and Medicare are losing money. Medicare will be broke in a few years. Even the post office, government-run, is losing money.

It seems that anything the government touches has trouble and will cost us more money.

I heard that including Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Part C and Medicare Part D and anything that I have failed to mention totals to about 42 to 43 percent of everything controlled by the government.

When they pass this health care and cap-and-trade, they will control about 53 to 56 percent of everything.

The government has gone too far as I'm concerned. They are in every bit of our lives.

The Constitution gave the power to the states not to the U.S. government.

The states make the laws and the government rules in a small way.

The Constitution did not want the U.S. government to get too big. The only thing that I can figure out that most of the people want things for free and not work for what they get.

We have become almost if not completely a welfare state, sitting back and collecting money for nothing.

Gary Miller

Portland[[In-content Ad]]