Can our goverment really run health care? Let's take a look at a few other things they run/ran.
* The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right. It is unionized and it is broke while private enterprise companies FedEx and UPS flourish and this is a monopoly.
* Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke and beyond actuarial repair.
* Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and, as recently as 2005, members of Congress blocked attempts at reform. Its much publicized 2008 collapse torpedoed the housing industry and raped the tax payers.
* Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke. See above
* War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" while their ranks have grown exponentially. Out of wedlock births now account for half of all live births.
* Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right while its cost to current tax payers has ballooned, and to future generations is beyond comprehension.
* The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of
$24 billion a year, and we import more oil than ever before. Nuclear plants are being built everywhere in the Industrialized world but the US. Congress continues to block oil and gas exploration while our economic competitors explore vigorously using new extraction techniques.
You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
* You nationalized passenger rail service in 1970 with the creation of Amtrak. Not once in any year since then has Amtrak made a profit. You've had 39 years to get it right; yet unionized Amtrak is still broke.
Thoughts?
* The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right. It is unionized and it is broke while private enterprise companies FedEx and UPS flourish and this is a monopoly.
* Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke and beyond actuarial repair.
* Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and, as recently as 2005, members of Congress blocked attempts at reform. Its much publicized 2008 collapse torpedoed the housing industry and raped the tax payers.
* Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke. See above
* War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" while their ranks have grown exponentially. Out of wedlock births now account for half of all live births.
* Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right while its cost to current tax payers has ballooned, and to future generations is beyond comprehension.
* The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of
$24 billion a year, and we import more oil than ever before. Nuclear plants are being built everywhere in the Industrialized world but the US. Congress continues to block oil and gas exploration while our economic competitors explore vigorously using new extraction techniques.
You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
* You nationalized passenger rail service in 1970 with the creation of Amtrak. Not once in any year since then has Amtrak made a profit. You've had 39 years to get it right; yet unionized Amtrak is still broke.
Thoughts?
