He goes on to say most of us lived in a time when not everyone had health insurance and it wasn't the end of the world as most progressives would have us believe. You may be asking yourself, "How did that work?" Well, we were on a pay as you go plan. When we got sick, we took care of the medical expenses by paying them out just as you would other large debts, a little every month. Sowell further states, "Is this ideal? No. But if every deviation from the ideal is a reason to be panicked and stampeded into putting dangerous arbitrary powers into the hands of government, then go directly to totalitarianism, do not pass 'Go,' do not collect $200.00."
The point is we already have a good bone. Don't let it go hoping to get a bigger imaginary bone from someone else - it's not going to happen.
"Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their
attention. Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by
enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public
affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, Judges, and Governors,
shall all become wolves." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward
Carrington, 1787
attention. Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by
enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public
affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, Judges, and Governors,
shall all become wolves." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward
Carrington, 1787