My son is in an interesting situation, however. At 22 years of age he just began a new job and was still on probation when the cancer became too much to bare. Unfortunately, the pain stopped him from being on the job long enough to qualify for insurance. So, out of necessity, he is using the county hospital. In short, taxpayer funds will be instrumental in paying for his care.
It is situations such as this that governmental assistance was designed. It was for those that are hard working individuals that believe in self-reliance, but found themselves in the unexpected position of being without a job, or insurance, or whatever, that programs like medi-cal and such was created.
However, thanks to abuse of the system by some, and the overuse of the system by illegal aliens, the system has been bastardized into a bureaucracy that is out of control. And, because of the abuse of the system, someone like my son must wait a week and a half before he can have his surgery (despite the fact that time is of the essence).
The care is substandard, the timetable is frightening, and the facilities are not nearly as good as those at a private hospital. For those of you that support Universal Health Care, what my son is going through is nothing. With Universal Health Care the problem would be industry-wide and the wait would be longer as the quality of care drops.
Am I complaining? Not really. I am just happy he is able to get the care he needs, even if it isn't as I had hoped. It is an imperfect world.
But liberals are not happy with the problem as it is. Nor is Bush, for that matter. The politicians have come up with an amnesty bill that will create a larger problem in the government hospitals such as the one my son is forced to utilize.
The good news is the latest immigration bill is supported by fewer than 20 Senators, and it is receiving criticism from both sides of the aisle. And the bill is simply a cheap way out of not enforcing the law. How about the legislators admit they screwed up, quit trying to pass some idiotic bill like this that is designed really to gain the Hispanic vote, and enforce the law that is currently on the books by lining up bus by bus and driving these criminals (illegal aliens) out of the country?
Homeland Security is dependant on our nation having an enforced border. The proposed bill is a threat to our national security, our economic security, and is far from being an answer to our growing illegal alien invasion problem. Reagan granted amnesty (the only thing I ever disagreed with him on) and guess what? Twelve million new illegals replaced those that were granted amnesty. Do it again and what do you think will happen? 30 million will cross the border waiting for the next amnesty gift. Perhaps even more than that.
These people put a strain on our medical programs that are there for American Citizens such as my son, as well as the Social Security program. They didn't come here to seek the American Dream as did my ancestors or yours. They crossed the border because they believe that the American Government will take care of them, and cater to them, and hand out whatever they desire. And they believe that they deserve all of these handouts by breaking the law!
You want immigration reform? Here's mine. Severely penalize businesses that hire illegals. Do not grant any handouts to illegals. If an illegal shows up at a hospital, treat them, and then call the Feds to have them deported. If they show up again later, don't even treat them, call the Feds. And for God's sake, make the official language of this country English! When they went to give my son a brochure for his benefits, the woman couldn't find one in English, all of the brochures were in Spanish, and she quipped, "Gosh, I'm not used to needing the ones that are in English."
And why is our programs set up for folks that find themselves in a pickle being overrun by abuse? And why is it that illegals seem to have more rights than those that chose to immigrate the legal way?
Long ago the Republicans were considered to be the elitists, and the Democrats were supposed to be for the working man. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal reassured Americans that the government would help out if anyone found themselves in a pickle (Introduction to Marxism 101). FDR did warn, however, that the programs were for assistance, not to be used as a way of life. Republicans were White Collar, Democrats were Blue Collar, and the two parties worked together to keep this country running during the darkest days of the Great Depression, World War II, and Korea.
Then Conservatives reminded the American People of the states rights, and how local government should take care of local problems. Meanwhile, the Democrats became elitists, changing their fundamental ways from helping the working man to controlling the citizens. During the Vietnam war the educated liberals emerged, choking out the blue collar Democrats and adopting a platform that catered to gay rights, abortion, and hard-edged feminism. Liberals took a hard left turn, and many of your FDR Democrats didn't even notice. No they demonize our own military (as they did in Vietnam), and have decided that America is corrupt and must be changed by way of a socialistic face lift if we are to move forward.
It's one thing to be against certain platforms, and against the war, but how can they even justify being against their own country?
I am all for equality and fairness, and I don't appreciate war (though I recognize the necessity to defend ourselves against any more attacks - sort of like fighting cancer. You don't wait until it takes the body over, you attack it aggressively, making sure it doesn't spread everywhere) - but this shrill, angry intolerance is not how you achieve such things. And besides, fact is, we are not all equal, and life isn't fair. You make your own opportunities, and the harder you work the luckier you get.
For the liberals everything is about liberalism. Their agenda is all about the next election. They no longer care for the working man, American Pride, defending this nation, or folks like my son scared out of his mind because he has cancer. He would only receive their immediate attention if he was all Mexican (rather than half), came over illegally, and was bad-mouthed by a white person. Then, the ACLU and the Democrats would care greatly for him (especially if they could bash Christianity while they were at it).
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Added note: The administrator of American Pundit has asked me to guest blog for him at his site May 24-29 since he has been called away on business. I plan to write a few quick posts a day there. If you're interested, check it out. I post there occasionally as it is, but this will be rapid fire posting.
another note: I also contribute occasionally on a few other sites. Check them out, you may bump into one of my posts, here's a few of them -
Conservative Crusader
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My Point Radio
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Without A Voice (getting ready to change to "Right On Life")
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