Never Compromise. Not Even In The Face of Armageddon.

With all the hype by the Democrats about how government-subsidized health care will save the world, coupled along side the severe criticism by many staunch Republicans about how the government is going to kill grandma, we forget that there are people putting out viable solutions to the problem. Yes, there is a problem getting affordable health insurance, and maybe the problem started with government getting involved in the first place.

Look at what federal student loans have done to our education system. Giving a loan to every young man and woman in America has caused the price of going to college to skyrocket. It used to be that a determined person could put themselves through school by waiting tables on the side. Now you would have a hard time paying for just the text books with a part-time job. More demand for something is only going to increase prices. So if government makes it so that everyone in America can attend college, then the price for education is going to rise. So it is with the health insurance industry. If government makes it so that everyone in America is covered, then those prices are going to rise regardless, even if the government is paying the bill. Which is is why a $600 billion dollar proposal by Obama can easily turn into a monster that can only grow to astronomic proportions.

At the Ludwig von Mises institute, a Libertarian think-tank, they have proposed a 4 part solution to fixing healthcare, which unfortunately would never have a chance if it was proposed in the halls of power. Why? Because it would involve making HARD DECISIONS. And as we know, our politicians (both Republican and Democrat) are not in the habit of making hard decisions. They would rather debate things endlessly, and then come up with a middle-ground solution. This solution is called COMPROMISE, which is the most dirtiest and dangerous word in the human language, because it means you have sold part of yourself, your ideology and anything you hold dear, to an idea that you don't believe in. In the end you wind up with a watered down version of a plan that wont fully do what it was originally proposed to do and will cost the taxpayer billions of dollars to implement. Compromise always leads to a monstrous conclusion.

For those who are interested in the hard decisions that would be needed to completely reform healthcare, please follow the below link and learn what the von Mises Institute would do to fix the problem. It is quite an interesting read.

Read the proposal HERE.

Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon- Rorschach from The Watchmen Movie