Ghost Writer

I have a very close person in my life that is absolutely blowing me away with his thoughts and perceptions. His name will be revealed later but for now he will be a
"Mystery Guest Blogger". Read what he has to say below and let us know what you think.



"July 4th, another Independence Day has come and gone. A special day! Fireworks, picnics and parades. Family gatherings, barbeques and kids playing on bouncers or swimming in pools. But is it all changing as we speak? Is a force at work to change the make–up of America as we know it in the air? Wafting down upon us, imperceptibly? The government wants to take on health care and solve it. This year no less. One problem there. Until the government can handle itself and its own responsibilities and bring its own fiscal house in order it certainly does not appear from the outset they will be able to do much with health care. They can however, make it worse, less effective, or more subjective for all.

Does this mean the new public health care system may drive the private sector of health care right out of business in the long run? Will the competitiveness of health care providers just slowly disappear? In part because of the government initially or later offering health care at a cheaper price? As every American then switches to the public system to save money? Looking for the best deal as we always do. That is part of the premise that the idea of America is based on. Hard work and effort, not entitlement creates wealth and prospers a nation!

If the government health care system were to be the only game in town, what then? Will the pharmaceutical companies stop striving to find new cures or medications for the ills of the nation with no incentive to create or research with no payoff? With no incentive who will pour the money into this research? The government? Will the research then just be based having a government job and going through the motions? Is that the ultimate goal? Granted the health care system is not perfect, far from it! But do we need a new system completely or do we just need to keep working on perfecting the existing one?

If in the end there is only the government run health care system where will the incentive be for doctors to excel in there profession? To look for new inventive ways of performing health care? Will it just be another government job? Will anyone want to be a doctor? Will the professionalism disappear? Or the expertise? Why will it be an enviable job? Or one anyone would want other than to have a safe government job? Will the government then outlaw malpractice law suits to reduce costs to the government? Will there be no redress for those the system has failed?

Will that in turn later make prices go up on the public health care system? What will it mean in the long run? As prices go up will those in power start making decisions on who is deserving of health care? Do you really need a hip replacement? You’re old!! We have a 35 year old who needs a kidney? Is he deserving? He is overweight and that is his fault! Are we coming to a time when others will be making the choices that affect our personal every day lives and the enjoyment of it? Granted health care is expensive? But is the government going to make it better?

Are we about to step over a line drawn in the sand on many different issues affecting our everyday lives and individual liberties? I have always believed the line in the sand was drawn there through the blood of those who served and died for this country and the many freedoms we enjoy. There continuing sacrifices for their nation keep anyone from crossing the line, currently. Will all there efforts and sacrifice be for not? Are we prepared to erase the line and let the government begin saying who is worthy of life and who is not? Making decisions for individuals rather than the nation as a whole.

I understand there are many who are trying to create Utopia in the United States and may have the best of intentions. But the harsh realities are there will always be a portion of the population who will be starving, a portion will be looking to steal from others and a portion will not be able to play well with others and need to be housed separately. There will be those who just plain don’t want any help and are perfectly happy with their current condition!

No Utopia will ever exist and certainly won’t when we are trying to help everyone else in the world when we don’t have Utopia at home. I understand our place in the world as a leader and the normal helping nature of our country and its citizens. But if Utopia doesn’t work at home how can we possibly make it work anywhere else?

America is truly the best place on earth to live. It may not be Utopia but those that believe it ever will be obviously live in glass houses and have had no interaction on a regular basis with those in the real world. Visiting the problem area or seeing it on TV is not the same as living and experiencing it. If America and the idea of America wasn’t the best place to be on earth people would stop coming here and trying to escape from their own country of origin.

A history lesson seems in order. Rome in its heyday was the icon and the shining city on the hill and the place to be in the world. They were the rulers and leaders of the world at the time. But I believe their idea of building a Utopian society fell short just as I believe ours will in time if we continue on the road we are on. As history many times repeats itself, it took years and years and others nipping at the heels of Rome before it began to crumble. Rome became weak and began letting others fight there battles for them. They got lazy! Everyone needs to understand the evils that men do and no matter how much we seek Utopia the shortcomings of men and women will make this impossible.

Corruption and greed amongst Rome’s leaders was rampant. I know in and of itself this may be very simplistic in comparison to the complex nature of things in today’s America but should we allow history to repeat itself or should we try to carve out a new history which doesn’t follow the old? One that although faulty in some ways as man is prone to create, but nonetheless something to build on. Why not shoot for the moon and try to create the shining city on the hill but also understand that man will never have Utopia. That is just a dream and we will have to settle for being just men and women and understand we cannot take care of everyone’s ills and hurts. We cannot create a level playing field for the entire nation. We need to help when we can but also understand all our efforts are not always met with acceptance or appreciation. Some don’t want help. We need to do our best but learn there are going to be those who no effort will help.

We can’t do this by throwing more money at the situation, or creating new programs, but by doing the best we can and make decisions which are for the benefit of all. Each man and women is entitled to work as hard as they can at seeking the American dream. That is what the American dream is about! The American dream can not be legislated into existence or given on a silver platter. The things we earn in life are not free. Freedom is not free! And the things we earn should not be redistributed to others to give them the American dream. Consider our children. When things are just given the value of the lesson of earning it disappear and an expectation of entitlement will only remain. Governments should not be making decisions for individuals in relation to there pursuit of happiness but to the enrichment of the entire country as a whole. We cannot get lazy and watch the America we know and love disappear into thin air like a feat of magic!

Remember the government is the same one where the experiment of providing the American dream (a home) to everyone whether they could afford it or not was tried. Notice the success of this program."