You can't say that on the internet!

There has been a lot of buzz over the last week, especially today, about a couple of bills that were floating around our national legislature.  I say ‘were’ because it looks like they may not be there much longer, at least in their current versions. 

I really don’t like getting into a political discussion so I promise not to make blogs like this a regular occurrence.

While I am thoroughly impressed with everyone’s stance to keep Congress from passing a law that has the potential to take away some of the freedoms that we enjoy today, it also irritates me a little. One of our presidents was once quoted as saying, ‘A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.’

How many of you who oppose these bills couldn’t see this coming when we started to asked our government to take care of our health, or to take care of our citizens in need of help?!  It is a slippery slope when we ask our government to take care of one part of our lives.

I imagine I could get more than a few hate messages for my previous statement if more than two people actually read this, so let me qualify that last thought by saying I am not the most unkind or uncaring person on the planet. We most certainly should work toward a society where we all can afford to be healthy.  And we definitely should reach out and help the members of our society who have fallen on hard times.

All I am saying is a society that relies on its government for its altruism and compassion has lost its humanity.  Maybe instead of asking our government to take $5 or $50 or $500 or $5,000 out of our pockets to make sure everyone can be healthy, we give it willingly to an organization that will do the same thing more efficiently, or better yet, give it to the person in need directly?

I just worry about the next time the government tries to take away or limit one of our freedoms . . . maybe that time it won’t be in the best interest of major websites to formally oppose the bill.  Will you notice it then?

Until next we meet.