Politics Of Fear: Obama Is Talking About Americans Clinging Again

This time not to their guns and religion and bigotry, but rather to their private health care system. Because we dummies just don’t know what’s good for us, I guess.

Obama: Time To ‘Stop Clinging To’ Unworkable Health Care System
ANNANDALE, VA (ASSOCIATED PRESS) – President Barack Obama says he recognizes the heavy price tag of revamping the health care system but that it would be much more costly to do nothing.

It seems to me that we’ve heard this argument about the “cost of doing nothing” being too high. Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to bailout the banks? Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to bail out the auto industry? Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to pass the economic “stimulus” spending spree?
What Obama is voicing here isn’t genuine concern over American health care. It’s a tactic. He needs to create the impression that there is a crisis so that he can justify the sort of intrusive government maneuvering he wants. Just like he used the economic down turn, and talk about the “cost of doing nothing”, to fear monger the bailouts and “stimulus” spending through Congress.
Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has said that the government can “never let a good crisis go to waste.” That’s good advice for the proponents of big, fat, intrusive government. And sometimes they even have to manufacture the perception of a crisis to get what they want done.
But while Obama talks about the “cost of doing nothing,” let’s keep in mind the cost of doing the something Obama wants. Higher taxes. Another massive government program our bankrupt government can’t afford. And more government management of some of the most important and private aspect of lives. Namely, our health.
Give me an imperfect system where I can get all the health care I can afford to pay for, knowing full well that I may not be able to buy all that I need, rather than a system where the government decides that for me.

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  • http://Array tedchampagne

    Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter what politicians says anymore, many of us rightly think it’s just rhetoric (and it often is)

  • http://rmjacobsen.squarespace.com/ Roy Jacobsen

    It’s also a straw man argument. Those who are opposed to Obama’s sweeping “reforms” are not saying that we should do nothing.

    (At the same time, doing nothing would actually be better than what the Democrats want to do.)

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    From the slackers’ perspective it is far more costly to do nothing. They need to get on the freeloader train now!

  • brain trust

    Our “unworkable health care system” just happens to be the best in the world. There are far more foreigners coming here for health care than our countrymen going to other countries for their health care. It is “unworkable” to BHO because it can’t be used as a tool to control our lives.

    The Liberal’s Golden Rule – We must all suffer equally!

  • Mickey

    The two most meaningless words in this administration are: “Obama say’s”

  • TheTodd

    Rob:

    It seems to me that we’ve heard this argument about the “cost of doing nothing” being too high. Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to bailout the banks? Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to bail out the auto industry? Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to pass the economic “stimulus” spending spree?

    Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to privatize Social Security?

  • http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml Angry Vertebrate

    Obama is right, health care costs are increasing far faster than inflation. For him to do nothing would be negligent.

    brain trust, the French system actually leads the WHO ratings apparently.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    TheTodd – Didn’t we hear it when they wanted to privatize Social Security?

    It actually made sense then.

    Social “Security” is a trainwreck today just as it was a trainwreck yesterday. It’s set to be broke long before guys like me or Rob will be able to collect. How about that? That’s the cost of doing nothing with Social “Security”. That’s the cost of the status quo.

    In the end, the Democrats are showing us that they are afraid of change and love the status quo. They shun freedom while worshiping big daddy government. They deign to call others selfish and greedy as they demand your money.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    Angry Vertebrate – Obama is right, health care costs are increasing far faster than inflation. For him to do nothing would be negligent.

    What is he right about?

    And who is clinging to the mishmash of the government/private medical sector of today? Obama made a straw man and attacked it.

  • Bat One

    Obama is right, health care costs are increasing far faster than inflation.

    If you’ll just show a little patience… Obama is at the helm and there is little doubt that inflation will catch up with the rise in healthcare costs soon enough!

  • robert108

    It’s the govt meddling that’s making it more expensive. Duh.
    You always have to remember that Obama confuses govt spending with “the economy”.

  • http://www.normworks.com/ NormWorks

    Obama is a first for American history. But the way him and still could not really detect.

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