By Bruce Sessions
One of the many campaign promises put forth by Barak Obama included health care for all. It was an easy promise to make and a gullible public ate it up. Health care is a civil right.no one should be denied health careever, for any reason. Yep, they ate it up totally oblivious to the warnings regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Weve been hearing for years about how entitlement spending is nearing bankruptcy. In spite of that, the Bush administration caved and added another entitlement when it comes to prescription drugs. Ah yes, but the call for health care for all, as a civil right can still be heard.
No action from Obama on it yet, but he has put forth a stimulus package saying The nation is at a perilous moment, requiring swift and decisive action to get the economy moving again. We dont have a moment to spare. Buried on page 147 of the economic stimulus bill earmarks 335 MILLION DOLLARS for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Just exactly HOW that will stimulate the economy escapes me at the moment, but in the past, the Centers for Disease Control has used STD education funding for such programs as Booty Call and Great Sex to the tune of $698,000 in government funds (read taxpayer money.)
Seems to me, if the 335 million dollars for STD prevention were added to the 698 thousand dollars for sex parties, the millions set aside to re-sod the Washing Mall, along with all the other stuff on the stimulus wish list we might well be on our way to providing health care for all.
Then, once that new entitlement is added to the current list of entitlements, we should start thinking in terms of a civil right to keep warm during the winter. After all.were human beings and keeping warm shouldnt be predicated on our ability to pay PG&E. It should be a civil right, and the government should pay our winter heating bills.
but why stop there? Summer is coming, and dont we have a right.a civil rightto be cool in the summer?