Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Health Care Reform Bill and The Constitution
Hello all,
As most of you already suspect, the United States Congress has vastly overstepped its bounds with the so called "Healthcare Reform" legislation that was just passed. This bill has several provisions that curtail the authority of the individual states to regulate healthcare within their jurisdictions.
This is not surprising since Congress routinely ignores the law while creating legislation, but it may have reached unprecedented levels with this particular bill. Since I am not an authority on Constitutional Law, I will defer to Judge Andrew Napolitano who IS an authority on the U.S. Constitution, to elucidate the areas in which this healthcare bill violates it's provisions.
Judge Napolitano's arguments are rooted both in an understanding of Constitutional law and a respect for our founding legal structure. Most modern Americans do not know or understand why adherence to the Constitution is critical for the prosperity and well being of our society. Our dumbed down educational system and warped societal values have embedded in our citizens the falsehoods of a government that has grown far in excess of what is necessary and prudent.
My hope is that Judge Napolitano's prediction is correct, and that this legislation will be invalidated either in part or in whole by the Supreme Court. This I feel will be a true test of whether the court actually is faithful to its role as the arbiter of Constitutional legitimacy or whether in fact partisan politics have indeed also infiltrated our nations highest court.
As most of you already suspect, the United States Congress has vastly overstepped its bounds with the so called "Healthcare Reform" legislation that was just passed. This bill has several provisions that curtail the authority of the individual states to regulate healthcare within their jurisdictions.
This is not surprising since Congress routinely ignores the law while creating legislation, but it may have reached unprecedented levels with this particular bill. Since I am not an authority on Constitutional Law, I will defer to Judge Andrew Napolitano who IS an authority on the U.S. Constitution, to elucidate the areas in which this healthcare bill violates it's provisions.
Judge Napolitano's arguments are rooted both in an understanding of Constitutional law and a respect for our founding legal structure. Most modern Americans do not know or understand why adherence to the Constitution is critical for the prosperity and well being of our society. Our dumbed down educational system and warped societal values have embedded in our citizens the falsehoods of a government that has grown far in excess of what is necessary and prudent.
My hope is that Judge Napolitano's prediction is correct, and that this legislation will be invalidated either in part or in whole by the Supreme Court. This I feel will be a true test of whether the court actually is faithful to its role as the arbiter of Constitutional legitimacy or whether in fact partisan politics have indeed also infiltrated our nations highest court.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Crony Capitalism
I had a post all written about this topic, but wasn’t at all satisfied with what I wrote. I am therefore going to refer to a link to an article by John Stossel about what he calls “Crony Capitalism.”
This is about the best explanation for what is going on in our country at present and why although many people think of Barack Obama as a socialist, he is nothing of the kind.
The government makes a show of “reining in Wall Street, “ when in fact Wall Street helped get the present administration elected.
If we are ever going to turn this country around we need to understand that “big government,” and “big business,” go hand in hand. They are in bed together and they are making some serious whoopee!
In this unholy alliance between the Federal government and large multinational corporations (which are now considered living beings) small business ends up getting the shaft!
“Big business” is NOT about free enterprise or free market capitalism. Like “big government,” it is about corruption, fraud, and cronyism.
That’s why “what’s good for GM, isn’t necessarily “good for America!”
Crony capitalism is about the cutest con going, because government makes a show about standing up to big business with new regulations, but those regulations rather than being restrictions on big business, actually tilt the playing field in favor of large corporations and against their competition.
Oh, and that reminds me….big business HATES competition. Besides it’s so much easier to bribe your way to profitability than to actually earn it. So the next time you hear some “conservative” talk show host spouting off about how new government regulations will hamstring American business, remember that some business interests are benefiting from these regulations, and others are not.
Many large corporations actually want these regulations because they create favorable situations in which these companies can gain monopolistic advantage and get more market share.
This is about the best explanation for what is going on in our country at present and why although many people think of Barack Obama as a socialist, he is nothing of the kind.
The government makes a show of “reining in Wall Street, “ when in fact Wall Street helped get the present administration elected.
If we are ever going to turn this country around we need to understand that “big government,” and “big business,” go hand in hand. They are in bed together and they are making some serious whoopee!
In this unholy alliance between the Federal government and large multinational corporations (which are now considered living beings) small business ends up getting the shaft!
“Big business” is NOT about free enterprise or free market capitalism. Like “big government,” it is about corruption, fraud, and cronyism.
That’s why “what’s good for GM, isn’t necessarily “good for America!”
Crony capitalism is about the cutest con going, because government makes a show about standing up to big business with new regulations, but those regulations rather than being restrictions on big business, actually tilt the playing field in favor of large corporations and against their competition.
Oh, and that reminds me….big business HATES competition. Besides it’s so much easier to bribe your way to profitability than to actually earn it. So the next time you hear some “conservative” talk show host spouting off about how new government regulations will hamstring American business, remember that some business interests are benefiting from these regulations, and others are not.
Many large corporations actually want these regulations because they create favorable situations in which these companies can gain monopolistic advantage and get more market share.
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