Congressman Ryan, let me start by saying that I do indeed pay an outrageous premium for my healthcare, which will become even more outrageous in January. I do not have a great job, nor a high-paying one. We do not own our home or drive a fancy car. We live a simple life and sacrifice on the "niceties" so that I may put food on the table and have the necessary medical care.
Let me seemingly digress by saying that my father served in the Army in WWII and the Korean "war"; I served in the Navy during the Vietnam "war"; my sister served in the Army and her husband in the Marines; my wife's father was in the Army, her grandfather in the Navy; our uncles were in the Army and Air Force.
What does that have to do with this? I feel comfortable saying that none of us, whether in the 1940's or in 2009 would agree that freedom means "being healthy". I did NOT serve my country so that illegal aliens could be healthy. I did NOT serve my country so that people too lazy to work could be healthy. I did NOT serve my country so that girls with no morals could get free abortions. I did NOT serve my country so that the government could tell me, my wife, or my parents what kind of medical treatment we would be allowed to receive. I did NOT serve my country so that the next generation could face an outrageous national debt and/or hyperinflation. I DID serve my country to protect the freedom that our Founding Fathers and their generation fought and died for--the freedom to get a job and provide for our families as best we could, and not as the government dictated we must.
All of the people I listed above took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. Didn't you also take such an oath? Can you tell me where in the Constitution it allows you (the Congress) to effectively nationalize healthcare? Have you ever really read the Constitution that you are "defending"? Did you read the bill you just voted for? How many of its 2000 pages?
Congressman Ryan, I know that you are in a well-protected district with many people on government handouts and many others more worried about American Idol than the American REPUBLIC. Nevertheless, I am writing this so that you will know that there are a few of us that took the red pill and not the blue one. Even more importantly, many of them are in the next generation. I pray that there will be enough of them that awaken quickly enough to save the REPUBLIC. Because if the REPUBLIC is not saved...well, I guess the DC Zoo (the one with the four-legged animals, not the ones at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue) showed us how a democracy really works.
Most House members in region voted for historic health bill
Congressman Ryan, let me start by saying that I do indeed pay an outrageous premium for my healthcare, which will become even more outrageous in January. I do not have a great job, nor a high-paying one. We do not own our home or drive a fancy car. We live a simple life and sacrifice on the "niceties" so that I may put food on the table and have the necessary medical care.
Let me seemingly digress by saying that my father served in the Army in WWII and the Korean "war"; I served in the Navy during the Vietnam "war"; my sister served in the Army and her husband in the Marines; my wife's father was in the Army, her grandfather in the Navy; our uncles were in the Army and Air Force.
What does that have to do with this? I feel comfortable saying that none of us, whether in the 1940's or in 2009 would agree that freedom means "being healthy". I did NOT serve my country so that illegal aliens could be healthy. I did NOT serve my country so that people too lazy to work could be healthy. I did NOT serve my country so that girls with no morals could get free abortions. I did NOT serve my country so that the government could tell me, my wife, or my parents what kind of medical treatment we would be allowed to receive. I did NOT serve my country so that the next generation could face an outrageous national debt and/or hyperinflation. I DID serve my country to protect the freedom that our Founding Fathers and their generation fought and died for--the freedom to get a job and provide for our families as best we could, and not as the government dictated we must.
All of the people I listed above took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. Didn't you also take such an oath? Can you tell me where in the Constitution it allows you (the Congress) to effectively nationalize healthcare? Have you ever really read the Constitution that you are "defending"? Did you read the bill you just voted for? How many of its 2000 pages?
Congressman Ryan, I know that you are in a well-protected district with many people on government handouts and many others more worried about American Idol than the American REPUBLIC. Nevertheless, I am writing this so that you will know that there are a few of us that took the red pill and not the blue one. Even more importantly, many of them are in the next generation. I pray that there will be enough of them that awaken quickly enough to save the REPUBLIC. Because if the REPUBLIC is not saved...well, I guess the DC Zoo (the one with the four-legged animals, not the ones at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue) showed us how a democracy really works.
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