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Published Brownsville Herald March 29, 2010

The first round of the Socialism of our health care law passed Congress with only the support of the Democrat Party and massive public opposition. I say socialism because that is what a Democrat House leader called it.
“This is the first movement for socialism” said Democrat Charles B. Rangel on Fox News just after the Health Care bill passed Congress. He went on to say more is coming – that is what President Obama was elected on.
I am not anxious to find out what comes next!
I found it interesting that the stock of health insurers and pharmaceutical companies went up. Could it be they benefitted?
I also noted a number of catholic religious organizations supporting it which saddens me that they would advocate that the government confiscate money by force and give it to others. What ever happened to community charity where the Catholics directly provide more help to the needy than any one else on earth other than the U S government. The government takes the money by force so it is not charity. The charities do a much more efficient job than the government and the folks even feel good when helping certainly better than when watching the money being taken from my federal retirement check and the money I must give back from my reduced Social Security check – all public employees (teachers too) not subject to social security withholding during the public employment face a vastly reduced retirement even though they had more than enough qualified employment in part time work or other jobs. I receive $159 per month less payments for Medicare. I must still keep my federal health program at a cost of more than $4000 per year, in order to receive adequate attention for afflictions that even the VA will not consider because I served in Combat in the Navy.
Apparently I am not alone; Aroldo Cadriel of Brownsville wrote to the Herald on 3/11/10 about a request for a $5 contribution. More »

Published Brownsville Herald March 15, 2010

While watching my regular round of news shows, on one a politician was describing his fear of lost freedoms should the current bills in Congress, and some more recent, passed. When asked what freedoms have you lost or do you think you will lose, the reply was a dance around a direct answer. It seems the answer was so obvious that he hadn’t adequately thought of it.
We all live in the land of the free, right? Or do we?
The concept of freedom when the founders wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution they were very clear. They were so clear that when it was suggested that an amendment should be added to enumerate them, it was argued that the specific description would empower the courts to further define the meaning thereby diminishing the freedoms that were held so dear.
To better understand the freedoms and what they meant to the founders I suggest that you read not only the Federalist Papers but the Anti-Federalist Papers as well.
Why is it so muddy now and how is it that things that we held dear have been just taken for granted and then traded in for government payments. More »