GOP & Obama's Stealthcare

Currently, Democrats and Republicans are debating several issues that have caught the attention of the American people. The three most urgent are: 1. Healthcare. 2. Cap & Trade.
3. Card Check. All three seem to be instilling a fear in the American people that they are losing their freedoms.

Republicans have done a very good job of identifying problems with each of the three issues as they have been proposed by Democrats. On the flip side, Republicans have not been able to articulate a positive solution to the problems they have correctly identified. Therein lies one of the biggest problems the Republican party faces as it heads toward the major elections of 2010... we're very good at the negative, not so good at the positive.

So... where do we begin?

May I be so bold as to suggest that we start at the bottom and work our way to the top? All too often, the Republican party and its candidates have conducted campaigns from the 10th floor, looking down to the people at "street-level" as if they are an afterthought. Suggestion: Let's start at street-level and bring the "street smarts" of the American people to the 10th floor. Then, not only will we be benefitting from the ideas those "street-level" folk will bring to our party, but we will also be earning their votes.

Now, let's talk a little bit about the one issue that is causing the most concern for Americans today: Healthcare.

According to the June, 2009 American Pulse Survey* 57.6% of Americans say the U.S. government is trying to intervene in too many areas. (84.9% of Republicans, 61.7% of Independents & 37.1% of Democrats share those sentiments, says American Pulse.) The survey also reveals that 78% of adults 18+ think that the U.S. government is taking on too much debt.

Healthcare reform as proposed by the Obama administration is guaranteed to increase the national debt by at least a trillion dollars over the next decade. Additionally, the American Pulse Survey tells us that 42.3% of Americans believe that government cannot provide better healthcare than the private sector, 32.2% say government can, and 25.5% say they don't know. These figures should be a wake-up call for both Republicans and Democrats. Clearly indentifying the healthcare problem, real or political in nature, must be the first priority of both parties.

Once the real problem is identified, both parties must work together to offer a solution, and not force-feed a healthcare program down the throats of the American people as is currently being done. When government takeover of the private sector scares the *%^$ out of the American people, trust me, something is dangerously wrong, because... the American people, not government, know what is best for our country.

So, Republicans, give us a realistic view of the healthcare problem in the U.S., including the actual number of legal residents who are involuntarily uninsured. Then, offer a solution that DOES NOT put government in charge of deciding who gets healthcare and who doesn't by leaving it in the hands of the private sector, but with regulation in much the same way utilities are regulated... at the state level.

Enough for this time. We'll take up Cap & Trade and Card Check next time.

Mike Avery

*The American Pulse Survey is collected on-line by BIGresearch. To voice your opinion: http://peoplevoice.ning.com/ For info about BIGresearch: http://www.bigresearch.com/.

Tea Partiers

The Tea Party movement has become bigger and louder and more influential than the peace marches of the 60s & 70s. The reason is simple: Millions of Americans are fed-up with a government and politicians that serve themselves and not the people to whom they swore to be "Public Servants."

Government takeover of the private sector, including a government that wants to control your healthcare and your salary and the kind of car you drive and what you are permitted to hear on the airwaves and how many cows you are allowed to have and how much electricity you may use and take your money away from you to feed their appetite for power and spending rather than yours, is a government on the road to dictatorship, whether benevolent or not.

There are three types of power available to the American people: Military Power, Political Power and Financial Power. Now is the time for us to act while we are still in control of the latter two.

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Never Before?

Never before in the history of the United States have so few screwed up so much is such a short time. Let's recap: The economy, even more down the tubes, no end in sight per the president. The military to be cut. Foreign realtions, you name it... Israel/Hezbollah, Iran, North Korea (but the Europeans think we're great because we apologize for all the "bad" things we've done.) Health care, get ready to stay sick, and to wait in line to die ("Soylent Green" anyone? You can Google Soylent Green. but go to the plot line and ignore the liberal slant on global warming at the beginning. Want a clue? Soylent Green is you, after waiting in line to die. Great old movie every conservative should revisit. Probably couldn't get made today.)

Hey, am I nuts to think like this? Or am I predicting the future? What say you?

Lights Out For GOP?

Will the last person leaving the Republican party please turn out the lights? That's what they say. We say, NO WAY!

There are millions of Republicans in the United States who are demanding that the Republican party be restored to its rightfull owners: WE THE PEOPLE.

It is we the people who gave part of the prize to Republican leadership in 1994... control of the House of Representatives, which came about as a result of the "Contract with America." Then, in the early 21st Century, we the people gave all of the prize to Republican leadership... the presidency, the House and the Senate. The result? They threw it away.

Now, it's up to us to reclaim what is ours by restoring the Republican party to its greatness. We will not compromise. We the people will take back what belongs to us based on sound Republican principles:

Respect for the Constitution
Respect for life
Belief in limited government
Responsibility for ourselves

Those four points describing the basics of Conservatism were presented to a conservative group in Washington early in 2009... by 14 year-old Jonathon Krohn. If he gets it, the adults in the Republican party should also get it, wouldn't you think?

Well, we do get it, don't we? And it makes no difference who you are, nor what race you are, nor what religion you are, nor what political party you are, the answer to the Republican party's goal of reclaiming its greatness is in your hands. Give us your ideas and your dreams and your energy, and we promise you that you will be heard, you will be paid attention to, and you will help us to return the Republican party to its rightfull owners... WE THE PEOPLE!

The Republican Party. You Can Live It. We promise

Now, help us to make that promise come true. Comments on this blog are requested. We are dedicated to bringing the Republican message to all Americans, everywhere, throughout the United States.

This is a repeat of a blog that was originally posted at www.youcanliveit.org, by the same author.