Monarchy or Myth

 

If you have ever doubted my previous assertions that our country is becoming a monarchy reigned over by the ruling class who will stop at nothing to maintain power and control over the governed, then consider that which is taking place at the IRS, DOJ and other agencies. My proclamations regarding the ruling class concept are not limited to only the executive branch and those appointees placed in leadership roles in support of the president, but recent examples of the perception of unaccountability point squarely at the President and his sycophants.

 

Hearings this week and last that were held in the peoples house provide insight into the length some will go to prove they are not accountable to the people, congress or anyone else. The answers provided by IRS leaders were clearly evasive and intended to deceive, cover up and hide the facts necessary for representatives of the people to get to the truth. One IRS leader who while employed by taxpayers felt that although her job requires her to represent the people fairly and within the constraints of the constitution, that she simply did not have to answer any questions about whether she provided representation as required. How a government employ can refuse to answer to the folks charged with oversight and still maintain a job is a perfect example of public officials who believe that they are not accountable to the people.

 

When you have top executives refusing to answer simple questions about the facts, there must be something to hide and/or someone to protect. The water coolers in all government offices should be checked for the existence of a pathogen or other microorganism that causes memory loss particularly that which appear to be very selective. How top official cannot remember facts as so many have claimed suggests that something is very wrong and the CDC should investigate what could possibly create what appears to be a pandemic with memory loss being the predominate symptom.

 

There are really only two possible explanations for what we are seeing taking place within our government today. One is that the President is a socialist and is intent on destroying the American way of life as we have become to expect it, or the President is so under qualified for his position that the administration is riddled with mistakes compounded by more errors in judgment designed to hide their ineptitude.  I think both are in play. The President was not qualified when first elected and has not risen to the occasion as some had hoped he would. He has surrounded himself with likeminded people who also are not qualified for leadership positions. The result is chaos, cover-up and deception.

 

Congress as a whole on the other hand, while only slightly more qualified to lead than the Administration, makes far too many decisions based on popularity and to attract votes. All the while the single most important thing on their individual minds is to protect themselves at all cost.  To hold themselves above the people with laws to which they themselves are not required to adhere.

 

Yes, we are becoming a monarchy. It is the entire government, not just elected officials that think they can do as they please and we the people are forced to adhere and fund their every desire.

Unaffordable Healthcare Act

Today I have to write about health care cost. The reason is simple. I received the renewal package for my families healthcare plan and although no member of the family had any significant claims and none are on any medicine, we still are required to absorb a nearly 10% increase in premiums. 

 

We hear all of the rhetoric coming out of Washington on both sides of the debate as to whether the “Affordable Healthcare Act” (AHA) will cause insurance rates to rise or fall. I now know the answer. Rates have risen significantly each year since the passage of AHA and adding forty-four million more people to the program will continue to add more cost for which there is no guarantee for offsetting income into the program. Unfortunately, subsidies imbedded in the system are designed to force tax payers to pick up any slack.

 

If you think your insurance premiums are the only cost you will incur for nationalized healthcare, think again.  What they are unable to collect from the system, they will either include in your tax bill or reduce the services you would otherwise be able to acquire.

 

Let’s think about this whole concept for a minute. We were told that forty-four million people are without insurance and that is who the AHA was designed to capture. Now that equates to approximately 14% of the US population.  So a system that was working for the other 86% who followed the rules and placed themselves in a position to provide healthcare coverage to their families must now be punished so as to accommodate those who for various reasons, including choice, have no insurance.  We all want Americans to have access to healthcare. The trouble is, we seem to have lost sight of the fact that healthcare is like any other service, if you want it, you need to be willing pay for it and not feel entitled to it.

 

While I do not think the cataclysmic results of AHA will be fully realized until full implementation of the Act, it is clear that insurance rates are on the rise and much of the reason is AHA. A concept that was devised in the back rooms of our government and signed into law without anyone reading it. I ask, how on earth could anyone think this procedure would yield positive results? The answer will become abundantly clear in the not too distant future, but all preliminary results indicate that this will be a catastrophic failure of the first order.

 

So what do we do? The only think I can think of that might change the course we are on is to un-elect anyone who supported this legislation and hope that those who replace them have the courage to substitute it with something that is not orchestrated in the back rooms, is fully vetted and is based on the merits of the concept and not politics.

 

Americans will have the opportunity to vote for change next year. Let’s hope that is not too late.