[CaptainHaplo]

I read it. It simply has the reality wrong, except for the fact that being patronizing is a really good way to get people to stand against you to begin with - which is funny because the article itself was very patronizing itself.

Its entire tone is "these idiots don't know that the democrats know what is good for them" - which itself would tick your average voter off.

However, it is in error when it says people cannot see that they are against something that will benefit them. Because what the writer, and the two democrats it mentions all fail to comprehend, is that in the end the current proposal for "universal" health care in fact will NOT benefit them, but will harm them.

Sure, it might provide medical care with an "invisible" cost since its paid for in taxes vs the patient writing a check. But it was Benjamin Franklin who said "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." - and that is exactly what such a plan does - it gives to those who want it something they can make others pay for. Add in the huge ADDITIONAL costs to the taxpayers, the growth of government as well as the privacy concerns, and you have a public that says they don't want it - because the LONG TERM costs are too high.

Its nice to think your getting something for free - and in many ways this is being sold just like that - or with a "minimal" cost that the government is going to make sure is something you can afford..... but there is no such thing as a "free lunch" - its being paid for somehow.

Another thought to consider is this gem by Thomas Jefferson:
"Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now."

Heck, lets throw out a few others from the man as well:

"Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread. "

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. "

"I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."

"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."