Socialized Medicine, Here We Come!!

Oh man am I mad now. Barack's been in office what, 2 or 3 weeks, and he isn't even being subtle about rapidly moving the country towards socialism. Guess what he did today - he signed an S-CHIP bill which gives government health insurance to 4 million additional children (besides those which are already covered). I know what you're thinking, "Sarah, how can you be so heartless as to want him to deny insurance to poor sick little kids?" Of course I don't have a problem with giving poor children health care and vaccinations.

The reasons I hate this are:

• This bill covers children whose parents make up to $88,000 a year!!!! If you are making $88K and can't pay for some insurance for your kids, maybe it's time to reevaluate your budget. Come on. Why should others have to cover your responsibilities?
• Applicants aren't required to present proof of their identity, other than an oral recitation of their SS number. Sounds like a situation begging for fraud.
• The tab will supposedly be paid for by an extra tax on tobacco products, but the # of tobacco users has dropped dramatically in the last few years, and is expected to drop further once the extra tax is added. Which means we will either need an extra 22.4 million new smokers in 10 years, or else pay an extra tax for this. Click here to read more.

In addition, when Obama signed the bill, he was actually fairly honest - he said "it's only the first step" in his march towards insurance coverage for every American. Socialized medicine, here we come!!!!