Tea Party at the Crossroads: Part II
Trying to defund ObamaCare without the Congressional votes to do so, the Tea Party made a major tactical mistake.
Trying to defund ObamaCare without the Congressional votes to do so, the Tea Party made a major tactical mistake.
Congress and the president are taking over an area of our lives infinitely more challenging and complex than the management of traffic signals and supermarkets, namely our health care system.
The Tea Party’s principles were clear. But their tactics can only be judged by the consequences.
As the system consistent with requirements of human survival and flourishing, understanding capitalism is in our self-interest.
The Republican Party is the “Stupid Party” for a reason. It’s trying to put the proverbial lipstick on a pig, and then pretend it’s not a pig.
The only way Congress can send checks to Social Security and Medicare recipients is to take the earnings of a person currently in the workforce. The way Congress conceals its Ponzi scheme is to dupe Social Security and Medicare recipients into thinking that it’s their money that is put away and invested.
Politicians love to play Santa Claus by handing out favors to voters, while depicting insurance companies as Scrooge when they raise insurance premiums to cover the costs of government mandates.
Like public education, public housing, and public toilets, the government’s virtual takeover of the health insurance market is doomed to fail, because government intervention in the economy is always doomed to fail.