Democrats to “Guarantee” Healthcare
Sunday, August 10th, 2008In their never-ending quest to find more ways to extract every single penny they can from your wallet, the Democrats have decided to make guaranteed healthcare the primary plank in their convention platform.
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama’s defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The party’s platform committee moved smoothly through a range of issues for the fall campaign and approved a document that will go to the Democratic convention in Denver later this month for adoption.
There was little dissent – or room for it – in the day’s meeting and a compromise on health policy took one flash-point off the table.
You see, as is usually the case, the Democrats are not really concerned about whether or not this is something which is good for the American people; they’re more concerned about what will make the Democrats look united during their convention in Denver later this month. In fact, the Democrats, while “guaranteeing” healthcare for everyone, don’t even have a clue as to how they are going to actually implement this “guarantee”:
Advisers to Obama and Clinton both told the party’s platform meeting they were happy with the compromise, adopted without opposition or without explanation as to how health care would be guaranteed.
Once again, to the Democrats, it doesn’t matter whether or not they actually do what they are promising; it just matters what their intentions are. However, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Other ways the Democrats plan to look good and feel good about themselves:
The party also:
_Promises “tough, practical, and humane immigration reform in the first year of the next administration.”
_Favors restoration of the ban on assault-type weapons and other “reasonable regulation” that recognizes the constitutional right to own and use firearms.
_Favors helping religious groups provide social services as long as “public funds are not used to proselytize or discriminate.”
_Promises to close the Guantanamo detention center.
_Promises to double the Peace Corps.
Conservatives will see that these ideas are nothing more than tired, old liberal talking points which have been rejected by the American public for the last thirty years. I mean, what good will it do the U.S. to double the Peace Corps? Absolutely no good at all; its just another way to reach into the taxpayers’ pockets and extract more money to make the Democrats feel good about themselves. Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center? One more step in the Democrats’ attempt to convince terrorists that they understand them and want to help them. Afterall, they had really good reasons for what they have been doing for the past few years, right?
If this is the future, I weep for it.
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