Concentration of Power and Trust

The point of the system of government we have in the United States is to avoid concentration of power and authority. The principles of freedom upon which this country was built and stands are replete with emphasis on personal choice and personal accountability. History throughout the ages has proven one consistent point: people in nations governed by the few become slaves instead of empowered citizens.
What are our basic necessities? Food, Water, Shelter, Medicine(including "alternative medicine" which is food used strategically), Weapons of Defence against predators of any kind. Any time we turn any of those things over to a main governing body other than the people, we surrender our freedoms. The pyramids and other wonders of the ancient Egyptian world were built by slaves. They were not slaves in the sense we typically envision with shackles and whips, but they were slaves to the Pharoh because he controlled the food. They did as he said or perished. Anyway, here's the point: Handing over healthcare to federal gov't is a giant step toward slavery for the U.S. people. When someone has that much control over our health care we can be easily manipulated, controlled.
Another lesson from history is that while one or two people may be virtuous enough to have that much power and not become tyrants, the majority aren't. If we could guarantee that those appointed to supervise a new socialized healthcare system would always have the best interest of each person in mind a government run health care system might be ideal, except that it negates personal responsibility. That is just not the case. Even the representatives that we, the people, elect don't seem to care too much about what we want, believe, or need. Imagine how much worse it could be with persons who don't need our support to remain in their appointment. The person in charge of health care will logically be most concerned with the interests of the person or persons who appoint him/her. The current system of health care needs reform by getting the government out of it. There will always be flaws, not everyone gets the care they need until we all care enough about ourselves and each other to take care of ourselves and each other. If you look at other countries that have adopted socialized medicine, you don't find that everyone gets the care they need. You find people dying from conditions that could have been repaired by timely surgery. They die while waiting on a list. In our country right now there are already medical facilities set up to care for the uninsured, doctors who volunteer their time to help these patients, even companies who donate supplies. I even knew a cancer patient who got a special offer from the pharmaceutical company his medicine came from and didn't have to pay for his medicine. These miracles can only happen in a system of freedom. These doctors are not bound by the regulations of a consolidated governing party but by the compassion and sincere desire they have to help. We have learned from the hurricanes, flood, and other natural disasters that individual people and families come to the aid of one another in times of distress, and that the government agencies in charge of those types of operations pale in comparison. We have reason to have faith in our fellow citizens.
We need to keep contacting our representatives. We need to tire them with our endless, sincere pleas. We need to give them every reason to vote against any measure that takes our health care choices away from us, and to vote for those measures which will get the federal government out of it. We need to be persuasive, but polite. We cannot give up. If this bill passes it must not be because we didn't try hard enough to prevent it. We must show reverence for the lives that were given to ensure us the freedoms we enjoy under the constitution by fighting to preserve them now.

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