I don’t normally give the names of those who write to Voices since their letters aren’t aimed at me as such, but in this case, I will because the writer, Deborah Higgins, aimed one at me due to my stand on not providing health insurance to children. She tried to take me to task and failed miserably due to convoluted reasoning. She totally ignored the fact that such programs are unconstitutional. But never mind, the “liberal give me what I demand mind’ knows little about the Constitution and are eager to show it.

As with people with her mind set, she complained that the “rich” received tax cuts and the middle-income people received very little. The reason is that the upper- income people pay more taxes and the middle-income people pay less. (Tax cuts aren’t hand-outs.) But using her reasoning, the greatest cuts should have been given to those who pay very little since she thinks they need it more than those who have the most. Does that not sound like from those with the most ability to those with greatest need?  

Then she made the assertion that mortgage deductions were depriving the government of what she thinks belongs to the government; namely a healthy portion of the citizen’s income since everyone knows that money actually belongs to the government; and remember, the politicians are so kind to allow us to have some of it each month. We should be more appreciative of their grab and give benevolence. Shame on me for not showing appreciation to the poobahs! Instead of allowing mortgage deductions she wants the funds the government would receive to be—now read carefully, “That money could be going to the benefit of all Americans, including the low-income people.” Does she really know what pernicious doctrine she is championing? But it appears that those who want the government to provide their needs couldn’t care less that those notions inevitably lead to tyranny and enslavement of all, including those who hold the same ideas as Higgins. She never did answer the question asked in my letter on why government should furnish children’s insurance instead of their parents.  

The lady is correct. I don’t believe that the government should give hand-outs to anyone. That is the function of private charitable organizations. Governments that establish welfare programs have to diminish the income of several to give to the many. It isn’t fair to those who invest, work, and earn their way in life. And neither is it fair to those who become entrenched in a dependency on the government. She should remember that what the government gives the government can take away. Whether she likes it or not, the government needs to begin taking away the welfare programs or we will have a nation wherein the majority of the people will be totally dependent on the government for everything which will result in the failure of the nation.

While on the subject of the SCHIP bill, Republican John Bozeman of Arkansas wrote in an Op-Ed piece (11-05-2007): “It is my hope that House Democrats can meet with House Republicans and draft a real solution that puts the health care of poor children first and keeps the politics as far away as possible.” As long as the government enters areas where it has no business, there will always be the element of politics. Let’s promote individual responsibility so people can turn to the private sector to supply their needs and wants. If that is being mean-spirited, then I happily plead guilty.    

© 11-05-2007