When the Government Gambles Your Life

So I was watching Law & Order: SVU and Grey's Anatomy last night. I got bored after a while. I checked my Facebook account to see if I had any mail—and low and behold nothing. It's OK, though. There really wasn't anything else for me to do, but homework and writing and who knows what else. In a recent post on FB, I wrote about money. I wrote a proposition to people with the acquisition of one trillion dollars: what would you do? Why do I ask? My last class, Political Science, I wrote a paper on the healthcare system. Basically, we need to trash it. Some want to renovate the kinks—so-called kinks—that are inherently seen. The system poses a problem, mainly due to disadvantaged citizens. There are over 48 million citizens, including myself, that are without healthcare insurance. This, in my most basic and pithy ways, is an egregious travesty. How could our country, in good conscience bear the band of freedom and deny the freedom to free healthcare. "—Oh goodness, no! We can't have socialized medicine," says the antagonist; it would lead to socialism. There couldn't be a more outlandish, convoluted straw man. This is merely a smokescreen to cover the truth. Now then, what would I spend the money on? I would first, get rid of all the lobbying paid to maintain the current healthcare system. Next, I would build an infrastructure for a new healthcare system—a free healthcare system. Note this. It is only the building of the infrastructure. That means that there needs to be a point when it becomes socialized and government run. There is nothing more precious than spending the money on something we truly care about—ourselves. To measure the war in Iraq and healthcare commensurate to each other is not only a disjustice to the American people, it is a contrived way for the government to the lives of its citizens in the name of justice while, at the same time, seeking their own gain. Who do you think makes them their money? Insurance companies are government friendly. My bet—and my money—are on rebuilding the healthcare system. And as Anti-Flag so scandalously put it, "Fuck the world, fuck em' all."