MrsObvious's Blog

Hello to all of NE Wisconsin this fine day.

Does anyone fear the appearance of an increasingly socialistic government that seems to be forcing itself upon us? It seems to be global at this point...just this morning UK announced they've taken over three major banks...aka 'nationalized'.

Perhaps my political education is not what it should be, but is anyone else concerned about this trend to nationalizing the financial institutions? Seems to me that our independence is being taken away, a dollar at a time, and government is forcing itself deeper and deeper into our everyday matters. I have no answers, only questions about it all. Seems as if the trend is toward 'nationalizing' health care, and I don't think the citizens understand the dark side of it all. There's only a certain amount of money to be spent on health care. When the care is nationalized, you may not get the extraordinary care you need....ie: In Britain, if you need a kidney transplant due to kidney failure, you can't have one if you're over 55. They'll certainly offer dialysis or comfort care, but you're not going to get a new kidney if one is available. They'll go to people younger. In Canada, if you need a hip replacement you may not get one for a long time due to expense and allocation of money.

It seems, to me anyway, that in a capitalistist economy and society, if you have the money to purchase what you need you'll get it. No matter the age or circumstances. If you don't have the money or means, it's 'too bad for you'. In a socialistist economy and society, the best medical care and expertise will be given to those who are younger, more able to serve the socialistic structure for a longer time and those who are no longer able to contribute to the structure or economy are out of luck. It's a way of weeding out those who are deemed no longer able to contribute to the society as a whole.

If we are going to save our democratic footings, we need to sever our dependence upon government to 'save' us from ourselves. Unfortunately, we seem to have become a nation of people who are increasingly looking to the government to save us. The entitlement programs choke the economy, and that's because we've grown dependent upon Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the like. We've listened to the call of marketing experts who offer easy credit, loans for this and loans for that and have imbedded the theory of everything is available to everyone, no matter if you have the ability to pay for it or not. Now that the borrowing has overwhelmed savings, we find ourselves in a quandry of debt with no hope. We have created multiple generations of families who are dependent upon welfare, food stamps and subsidized payments to enable them to live as they, seemingly, put forth little to no effort to be independent and hard working. Why work when the government will put food on your table, provide you with healthcare and a roof over your head? Why go without anything when you can go to Titleloans and take out a quicky loan to cover the cost of something, that in years past, you'd have gone without or saved for?

I'd like to retire soon, but I can't now that my savings and investments have puked. I never did count on Social Security, but I wish it had never existed and created generations who count on it and never saved because they knew it would serve them. It's been a long time in coming, but to me, it's OBVIOUS that we've gotten lazy, careless and stupid. Now we have to pay the price. And it's not going to be pretty.