(Yes, I know. Once again, it's been far too long since I've written my last piece.)
This has been held up to me as a brilliant piece on why we shouldn't be bitching about Socialize Medicine. I say we should be scared to death for two reasons: One, because of the extent that it illustrates government involvement in our daily lives, and two because I'm sure there are billions of ignorant people out there who don't see anything wrong with it. Let's parse it out, line by line, shall we?
Government Run Healthcare
by LOKI on AUGUST 16, 2009 · 6 COMMENTS
This morning I was awakened by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department Of Energy
Government Interference in the Market that costs consumers millions, if not billions each year.
and whose manufacture was declared safe by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Government Interference in the Market that costs consumers millions, if not billions each year.
I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility.
Government-run regional monopoly riddled with politics and inefficiency.
After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels
Government Interference in the Market, costing consumers billions and restricting consumer choice.
to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Government-run competitor to private companies such as AccuWeather
determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Government-run near-monopoly riddled with bureaucracy and politics, slowing the progress of space exploration and stifling the private space industry.
I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department Of Agriculture inspected food
Government Interference in the Market
and taking the medications which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
Government Interference in the Market, slowing or eliminating the production of new treatments to market and killing countless thousands in the process.
At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Government Interference in MANY Markets, I'm sure
and the US Naval Observatory,
Why does this exist, anyway? Will have to read up on this.
I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile
Government Interference in the Market, adding thousands to the cost of most automobiles and limiting consumer choice.
and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation,
Many of which have now been leased to private companies for revenue, because private firms can build/maintain/run them better.
stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency,
Government Interference in the Market, not to mention a near-inhuman hatred of Mankind based on the misguided belief that nature has intrinsic value.
using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS NOT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY!
On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the Public School.
Poorly run Government monopoly, losing billions each year and cutting service after service.
After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Government Interference in the Market. (I'm tired. I think you get the point.)
enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA,
Government Interference in the Market
I drive my NHTSA approved car back home
Government Interference in the Market
on the DOT built roads,
See above
to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal’s inspection,
Government Interference in the Market, but worth nothing that most building- and construction-related codes and are voluntary standards _not_ drafted by governments themselves.
and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.
One of ONLY moral and appropriate government bodies in the whole list; I bet it has a lot to do with the fact that the majority of your neighbors aren't criminals, too.
I then log on to the internet, which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration
This would be other other moral and appropriate government body: The Military. Note, however, that it was private enterprise that made the Internet what it is today, however.
and post on freerepublic.com and fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can’t do anything right.
Yup. Because aside from the Military, Police and the Courts, they can't. More importantly, they're not even supposed to.
