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Jan
29
Don’t Write Off The Next Generation
Filed Under health care, Hillary Clinton, liberalism, Social Security Disability, socialism, The Sample Gates, township government | Comments Off
I came across an interesting post written by Indiana University student Chase Cooper in the Indiana Daily Student’s Sample Gates blog raising issues with the seemingly insurmountable push to socialize America’s medical providers.
Don’t treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors.
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone… About one in 10 hospitals already deny some surgery to obese patients and smokers, with restrictions most common in hospitals battling debt.
Remind me again why liberalism is seen as caring and compassionate?
If socialized healthcare provided by our government will be anything like all of the other government programs already providing benefits for Americans — remember the failures in the Veterans Administration, routine denials of benefits to Social Security Disability applicants, the long lines early on cold mornings in front of the Calumet Township trustee’s office, and people waiting decades for immigration papers to be processed — count me out.
It’s great to see that the future of America — the next generation — know that they are likely to get the short end of the stick if we socialize American medicine.
Dec
27
Township Reform: Fix Whatever Causes 6AM Queue
Filed Under Calumet Township, local government reform, Mary Elgin, township government | Comments Off
Calumet Township Trustee Mary Elgin wrote in the Northwest Indiana Times that township government should be saved and that Calumet Township is doing a great job serving clients. Griffith thinks otherwise and wants out of the township system, but that’s an argument for another time.
One suggestion:
If township government isn’t reformed into a less costly new entity, maybe some changes could be made so that poor people don’t have to line up outside of its offices early in the morning — hours before the township offices are scheduled to open.
People don’t routinely queue up in front of government offices in Indiana in the cold, before the sun rises, waiting for services.
People huddled up — freezing in the wintertime — waiting for hours to get into the Township offices suggests to me that they are fearful that if they don’t get in line early in the morning, they’ll have to spend all day waiting for services. If they didn’t, they’d wait until normal business hours to appear.
Just a reform idea.
H/T to Buzzcut for spotting the op/ed piece.
