You
Can't Separate Peace from Freedom
by Dan Litwin
What
happened to our health care?
We work hard. We play by
the rules.
We deserve access to
good health care.
So what
happened? We had great health care, and we've lost it.
Health care was once
completely affordable in the United States. And there was hardly any
politics about it.
Doctors made house
calls. Insurance was $10 per month.
But then, the lawmakers
came to our rescue.
New regulations made
the insurance companies pay for things that not everyone wanted. They
said it was for our benefit.
In many states,
insurance must cover pregnancy...
even if you can't have a baby. You
pay. No choice.
Maybe you want a health
policy that doesn't cover alcoholism or mental illness. But in many
states, your wish is just too bad. You pay for everything they say
you'll pay for, or you get nothing.
Several decades down that road,
and we now have
less and less insurance
options for more and more money.
But
there's so much more.
The FDA has
rejected generics and imports that could cost you much less. In one such
case, the drug
Enbrel has no competition at all. And due to these
FDA favors, it's $1500 per month.
A
century of regulation has killed our competitive market.
And do they ever talk of
repeal of those restrictions? Never.
It goes on and on.
They now see fit to drive our choices
into oblivion, just like public schools made private schools
scarce.
Soon, only the rich will
be able to afford private health care.
And neither the rich nor Congress will be using the public option.
So how
has it worked out? Is forcing people the best way?
No. Politics works for
the powerful, not for us. In the end...
We lost our freedom
to choose the kind of medicine we need.
And with that loss went our peace of mind and our prosperity.
We argue over the best
"one" system, when there isn't one.
Lose freedom. Lose
peace.
But
there's hope...
Getting
our choices back would return our peaceful prosperity.
Lasik prices are falling
due to competition.
All medicine could again work for us this natural way.
Choice
over political promises.
Freedom is not slavery,
despite the politicians' claims.
9/11
We lost a lot of freedoms after
9/11. But whose fault was it?
What if the airlines, on
September 11th, 2001, had simply been allowed to have
armed guards on their planes?
This
may come as a surprise to you, but our politicians would not allow, and
still will not allow airlines to offer you choices for armed security
in-flight. Airline security is and has long been dictated by the
FAA (a federal government agency).
And the bottom line is:
The
Federal Government won't let the airlines
offer you any choice of real
security plans.
It's such a farce. Even liquor stores have armed security. Surely,
multi-million dollar planes would be protected by guards...
If only it
was legal.
So again: what if the
airlines, on September 11th, 2001, had simply been allowed the
freedom to have armed guards on their planes?
Would box cutters
have been any real threat?
Americans have lost the
freedom of self-defense...
...and with it, our
once-peaceful lives.
"You can't separate
peace from freedom."
Lose freedom. Lose
peace.
Fortunately, it works
both ways:
If we had allowed airlines to have armed
security, September 11th probably never would have occurred (imagine box
cutters against armed security...).
Allow the freedom of
self-defense.
Increase our chances to
live in peace.
Peace depends on
freedom.
"You can't separate
peace from freedom."
Gain freedom. Gain
peace.
Another
story of lost freedoms in America:
In the 1920's, Americans lost the
freedom to drink hard liquor. This resulted in a huge bonus to
gangs who made and sold bootleg alcohol and turned the streets of
Chicago into war zones to protect their turf.
Americans lost the freedom to
drink.
Americans lost the peace.
"You can't separate peace
from freedom."
Today's version of the war on
alcohol is a war on drugs. Today's gangs are international
terrorists, cartels, and rogue governments who make billions selling
drugs on the black market. That's how they finance some of their
terrorist attacks.
Politicians go
beyond crime, outlawing certain less popular freedoms
("sins").
And so, America
endures black-market-financed
gang warfare, terrorism, and much more.
Nothing changes reality:
Outlawing peaceful freedoms
disturbs the peace.
But there is great news, because
again, it works both ways: If we end the war on drugs, we will
seriously undercut the financing of international terrorists and
gangs. In 1933, we re-legalized alcohol and crippled American
gangsters. In this new century, we must end the war on drugs and
cripple all manner of terrorists.
Free the people.
Live in greater peace.
Moderation
for Peace & Freedom
The purpose of a reasonable,
moderate government is simply to keep you free, so you can enjoy the
peace.
All we really need are traditional laws. For
instance, to prosecute real criminals, such as murderers,
robbers, rapists, trespassers and con-men. That's keeping you free
to enjoy the peace.
But today's lawmakers are neither
reasonable nor moderate:
Today's anti-freedom gun
controllers disarm planes.
Today's anti-freedom drug
warriors finance terror.
Anti-freedom.
Anti-peace.
Some of us are in the
middle:
We don't promote drug use, but we also don't support the
opposite extreme of prohibition, which finances terrorists.
And
while we don't want to force everyone to own guns, we also don't support
the opposite extreme of laws against self-defense.
Moderation in a world of
extremism.
Some call it
Libertarian.
Some call it
Conservative.
Some call it
Liberal.
But however you label it,
politics is not peaceful. But Peace works.
Restore peaceful freedoms.
Restore peace.
"You can't separate peace
from freedom."
Thankfully, we don't have to.
Let's build a responsible future,
not of anarchy, but of small government and greater freedom, and let's
watch as peace inevitably returns to America. Because only then - by our example, and not by force - will the
American ideals of peace and freedom have a chance to sweep the globe.
Peace & Freedom.
We can win them, but
only if we
Come Together against the machine.
