Health Care & Education: Birds of a Feather

Hearing the constant banter of the health care debate is reminiscent of discussions engaged in during my younger years. This is a simple liberty issue. You have a right to health care which means that you can pursue it on your own account, but to pervert the definition of a right to mean that it is ethical for another to have the right to forcibly extract the fruits of your labor is abhorrent. Health care and education have much in common at the macroeconomic level. Being that about 25% of the American population have college degrees, and most of our leaders do; I’m perplexed by their inability to understand Economics 101. Our leaders from the most prestigious universities appear to be the most screwed up in their thinking; however, noted author of Propaganda, Ellul; argued that those with the greatest education are the easiest to manipulate through propaganda. He must be right based upon what I see.

Both health care and education costs are outpacing inflation because of government subsidies. The government subsidizes students’ education at all levels and health care is subsidized by the government through a variety of welfare programs. When the government causes the price of a good or service to be cheaper than its fair market price, people will demand more of it- Economics 101. This is why parents demand and politicians advocate an endless number of courses for students because you cannot get enough education- right! This is why the elderly are upset at Obama because they want their cake and eat it too. They want a great system but also want someone else to pay for it, and since they don’t pay why not demand more? How dare Obama consider any form of rationing! How about this dare; people pay for their education and health care and start to wean people from government dependence. People would even save a few dollars and have freedom of choice. Do I live in America; land of the free, home of the brave? Makes me wonder if my teachers lied to me.