My latest video deals with the question of life and who should be protecting it. The government may be an over bloated bureaucracy but it is the only bureaucracy that is legally sworn to protect the citizen's lives. Even people who hate the government need to admit that the one area that we give the government lots of power is when it is protecting our lives. We gladly accept this government's police protection, fire protection, rescue protection, and no piece of military hardware is too expensive to keep us safe. Why is health protection so different? It is the exact same kind of protection, mandated by the US constitution, because it deals directly with the life, death and general welfare of the citizens.
The transcript is below the fold.
Here's a transcript:
Every Month 1,666 people die because they have either no insurance or bad insurance.
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If you're pro life, you should be pro government healthcare because only the government is sworn to protect people's lives. The same government provides police protection, fire protection, rescue protection and makes sure no piece of military hardware is to expensive to keep us safe.
"I solemnly swear to protect the American people's lives. . . . " that's the government!
Who is Blue Cross sworn to protect?
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If you're pro life. . .
The concern over abortion is a completely fair concern but there's a whole lot more life on the table right now than just that category.
Police protection, fire protection. . .
If you neighbor's house is on fire, your house might burn down too. If your neighbor's kid is sick and they can't afford to go see a doctor, your kid might get sick too!
Rescue protection. . . .
What really is the difference between military protection and health protection except that the enemy is. . . smaller? It's still invading isn't it?
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Private insurance companies don't swear to protect the people's lives.
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To a private insurance company, our health is a resource. It's either an asset which they exploit or it's a liability which they terminate. . . .
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To the government, we ARE the thing they're supposed to protect.
If you're pro life, then you should be pro government run healthcare:
Medicare, Medicade, Veterans Administration, DOD, the government employees insurance plan. . .
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Even the people who don't like government have to agree that the one thing we give the government a lot of power to do is to protect our lives and our well being.
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Given the choice between someone who legally sees you as a resource and someone who legally sees you as their responsibility, which one would you trust to make sure that your treatment won't be terminated because it's too expensive?
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You should be pro government run healthcare.
This is life we are talking about. This is life!
Why wouldn't you be pro government run healthcare?
Because only the government is obligated by law to protect our lives!
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Police protection, fire protection, rescue protection, Coast Guard. . No piece of military hardware is too expensive to keep us safe right?
If you're pro life, you should be pro government healthcare.
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