With this morning’s news declaring that the Senate is now prepared to push through their version of healthcare reform, an effort that I tend to view as a major expansion of government control that limits the individual’s right to self-determination, I become more and more convinced that the political class is hopelessly adrift from the principles they claim to uphold, the mores of liberty and frankly, common sense. What else can explain an about-face from a politician who turns his back on his public stand against a bill because of its provisions for the federal funding of abortion, for what amounts to a special monetary exemption for his state – and only his state? I guess principle always has a price.
Like the leaf on the outmost branch of a large and spanning tree, connection to the roots is essential for continuing existence. Sometimes, we get so far away from those roots that we forget they exist. But once you cut yourself off, you cease to be a part of that being, and slowly but surely, it ends. Can the tide be stemmed?
With a midnight vote on a weekend when few are paying attention? Chances are fading by the minute. Bigger government is on the way.
Ho. Ho. Ho.
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