And if these elected officials believe their own public relations that this anger is a show put on by hired mobs, they will certainly learn the truth to their chagrin in coming elections. The voters will take back the country and throw them out.
A majority of people do not want their medical care nationalized. They do not want freedom of expression suppressed. Nor do they want their nation to abandon its preeminent position in the world to stand for freedom at home and abroad.
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The plan of the Democratic leadership is to ram through enough controlling legislation that by the time the electorate wakes up to what is happening, it will be too late. Voters will have lost the power to reverse the trend.
Well it’s not going to work. The leadership made a colossal mistake making the text of their health reform public. If they had kept it under wraps as they did with so much earlier legislation, the public might never have found out what was really being planned.
The past few months of one-party rule have not gone unnoticed in business circles. In fact a trend is picking up that started some time ago.
Companies craving economic freedom are moving out of the United States at an increasing rate. Oh, I know, call them unpatriotic. But the first duty of the management of any company is to maximize the return of its investors. If it becomes increasingly difficult for whatever reasons to do that under the political regime in power, it must consider moving to more hospitable climes.
Individuals can be patriots or traitors, but corporations have no soul. They exist to make a profit and if they can’t, they go bankrupt and that doesn’t do anybody any good. We have plenty of recent evidence of that.
Individuals may leave the country without being disloyal. They may figure they can better fight for the freedom of the United States from an offshore location. They might believe their assets will be more secure there allowing them more resources to fight the good fight. Or they may believe they can provide better service to Americans from an offshore post than at home.
That’s the case with medical practitioners who are hedging their bets against the U.S. health care system. Anticipating that some version of an Obama plan may become law, some are organizing hospitals and medical centers in neighboring countries to cater to Americans who would rather pay than die. Mostly they are optioning likely facilities and making contingency plans to build them if health care in this country truly falls completely into the hands of the government.
If you had a life-threatening medical condition and you were authorized by the medical bureaucracy for only palliative rather than curative care because of the expense, wouldn’t you go to the new American Hospital in Hermosillo for the cure? You might even have purchased medical insurance that specifically covers you in the offshore facilities.
Could you afford it? Remember that physicians practicing in offshore locations will not be subject to the hair-trigger lawsuits typical in the United States. Their malpractice insurance will be reasonable, as will most of their other costs. American accredited hospitals have sprung up all over the world to take up overflow of patients the national health services of the world cannot or will not treat. If Thailand, India, and Singapore can provide first class medical services, why not American personnel in Mexico or possibly even Canada, depending on their law?
They can and they will. And you can have the kind of care you have become used to, similar to the kind people in Congress will continue to have, for the mere expedient of traveling to Mexico.
We might even witness the spectacle of Mexicans coming here looking for work while Americans are going to Mexico looking for health care.
Contact The people are in a surly mood. They are expressing their exasperation with a government that seems to have suddenly gone crazy. But they are protesting within lawful channels. They are turning up at town hall meetings and making their thoughts known. And their thoughts are mostly that they are the owners of the country, the “officials” work for them, the winning of an election is not carte blanche to do any thing they want, and they don’t want the officials bankrupting the country and imposing totalitarian controls on them, all of which are in progress.
And if these elected officials believe their own public relations that this anger is a show put on by hired mobs, they will certainly learn the truth to their chagrin in coming elections. The voters will take back the country and throw them out.
A majority of people do not want their medical care nationalized. They do not want freedom of expression suppressed. Nor do they want their nation to abandon its preeminent position in the world to stand for freedom at home and abroad.
A vast number of voters regret having elected a single party to run the government by leadership that needs to answer to no one — or so they think.
The plan of the Democratic leadership is to ram through enough controlling legislation that by the time the electorate wakes up to what is happening, it will be too late. Voters will have lost the power to reverse the trend.
Well it’s not going to work. The leadership made a colossal mistake making the text of their health reform public. If they had kept it under wraps as they did with so much earlier legislation, the public might never have found out what was really being planned.
The past few months of one-party rule have not gone unnoticed in business circles. In fact a trend is picking up that started some time ago.
Companies craving economic freedom are moving out of the United States at an increasing rate. Oh, I know, call them unpatriotic. But the first duty of the management of any company is to maximize the return of its investors. If it becomes increasingly difficult for whatever reasons to do that under the political regime in power, it must consider moving to more hospitable climes.
Individuals can be patriots or traitors, but corporations have no soul. They exist to make a profit and if they can’t, they go bankrupt and that doesn’t do anybody any good. We have plenty of recent evidence of that.
Individuals may leave the country without being disloyal. They may figure they can better fight for the freedom of the United States from an offshore location. They might believe their assets will be more secure there allowing them more resources to fight the good fight. Or they may believe they can provide better service to Americans from an offshore post than at home.
That’s the case with medical practitioners who are hedging their bets against the U.S. health care system. Anticipating that some version of an Obama plan may become law, some are organizing hospitals and medical centers in neighboring countries to cater to Americans who would rather pay than die. Mostly they are optioning likely facilities and making contingency plans to build them if health care in this country truly falls completely into the hands of the government.
If you had a life-threatening medical condition and you were authorized by the medical bureaucracy for only palliative rather than curative care because of the expense, wouldn’t you go to the new American Hospital in Hermosillo for the cure? You might even have purchased medical insurance that specifically covers you in the offshore facilities.
Could you afford it? Remember that physicians practicing in offshore locations will not be subject to the hair-trigger lawsuits typical in the United States. Their malpractice insurance will be reasonable, as will most of their other costs. American accredited hospitals have sprung up all over the world to take up overflow of patients the national health services of the world cannot or will not treat. If Thailand, India, and Singapore can provide first class medical services, why not American personnel in Mexico or possibly even Canada, depending on their law?
They can and they will. And you can have the kind of care you have become used to, similar to the kind people in Congress will continue to have, for the mere expedient of traveling to Mexico.
We might even witness the spectacle of Mexicans coming here looking for work while Americans are going to Mexico looking for health care.
Contact Lionel Waxman at territorial@waxmanmedia.com or visit his website: www.newflashpoint.com.
Comments
pinecone wrote on Aug 18, 2009 4:14 PM:
Some of us want to have an intelligent discussion. Whoever you represent just let George Bush run rampant, now look at the mess we are in. The kind of health care you call what "people are used to" is the kind that changes every year because businessses can't afford to help pay for the costs, the kind you can't get with a preexisting condition and the kind that ignores that health care is a national security issue. Insurance premiums are ridiculous. That's what leaving it to the market does. Nobody can depend on getting proper health care with all the switching around, buy outs etc. BTW there is no "Obama" plan. It's a plan being worked on by members of Congress- which is being lied about by people like you. Your immigration line is very telling about where your heart really is. "
Petite10 wrote on Aug 14, 2009 11:17 AM:
I agree both parties were responsible, but the ones shouting the loudest in my opinion got President Bush into office. I’m concerned that might happen again with healthcare. I do not want the bill killed. I have read the pages mentioned in all the rumors going around. You can read into it what you want depending on what party you’re for. This is not the final bill going to the President. I understand many believe Government-run programs don’t have a reputation for efficiency. Most businesses fail within the first three years. Does that mean we give up?
Most believe healthcare needs fixing, but who are going to be the innovators on getting it done? I object to the ones wanting to kill this bill no matter what, using whatever tactics to get it done.
Sometimes Governments need to step in to protect ALL their voters not just the ones bringing in the money no matter which party you’re for. I don’t believe businesses look on Americans as an asset they need to protect even from themselves, that’s why the working class is turning to government for protection. The bottom line is not the only thing businesses have to consider, but how this affects America. That means ALL of us. If Democrats don’t learn this and protect businesses too, then we’re going to continue with the cycle we’re on, back and forth, back and forth switching parties every so often because we don’t have any innovators in Washington. Those are the kind of politicians I look for. Finding a way to make things work for all of us. That balance is what the health debate should be about not listening to people wanting to kill the bill no matter what, protecting their ideology. "
Retired Guy wrote on Aug 14, 2009 8:09 AM:
Tucson deserves better wrote on Aug 13, 2009 2:12 PM:
American wrote on Aug 13, 2009 10:40 AM:
READ THE BILL! Then comment!
You all just get on the blogs and scream that anyone that oppose the Democratic Party's plans of any kind are unamerican and right wing extremest!
How about a real discussion of the issue! NO that won't work. Because you would have to look at both sides. And heaven forbid you open your eyes to see there is problems here and there.
To Answer the guestion, no one complained about President Bush!
That's how much you know! I did write my Senators and Congressmen since 2001! So did others but Republicans and Democrats in congress supported his plans too! Look at the record.
Congress is made up of Democrats and Republicans remember.
None of them seem to care what We the People think!
So give me a break! Both parties have done their share of selling out the American people.
Vote them all out and save our freedom!
Red White and Blue "
Petite10 wrote on Aug 12, 2009 9:09 PM:
SuznAZ wrote on Aug 12, 2009 1:15 PM:
CV wrote on Aug 10, 2009 12:45 PM:
Petite10 wrote on Aug 10, 2009 8:41 AM:
RB wrote on Aug 9, 2009 6:08 AM:
WE The People are with you. "
RD wrote on Aug 8, 2009 1:53 PM:
your comments are spot on. Rather than reducing costs by eliminating Medicare and Medicaid fraud, facilitating interstate competition among insurance companies, and limiting frivolous law suits, the President and Congress want to completely revamp our medical system. Based on the government's poor track record running other programs, including Medicare, social security and the postal service, I don't have any confidence that it can effectively run a massive health care system. I'm proud to see the "silent majority" speak out, and recent polls reflect their concern and growing influence. "
dh wrote on Aug 8, 2009 6:12 AM: