AndersonAcres
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There is big flooding in Alabama, Georgia, etc.
But, what spin to say folks are in shelters because they don't have health care!!! The reason they're in shelters is that's the way the U.S. handles natural disasters that drive folks from their homes -- we put them in shelters temporarily. These are healthy people that have lost access, or just plain lost, their homes.
If they were sick or injured they would certainly be in hospitals because every human being in the U.S. has legally mandated emergency medical coverage, nationwide -- universal. But the media in other parts of the world evidently is spinning this 'shelter' issue as caused by lack of universal health care. What a politically motivated crock!
Furthermore, to echo sentiments from earlier posts, this country was founded and peopled by folks from all over the world who didn't like what they had and wanted something better. Those risk-takers who emmigrated here were not content with what their 'home' culture/government was providing, and they decided to come here and create something more to their liking.
This is the individualist spirit of the self-sufficient person. That spirit lives on in many, right here, right now. It's truly fantastic to see that the stubborn-ness of our founders is rising up in us in rejecting more and more government control. Governmental control is what our forebears came here to avoid. That is why our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are so strongly focused on the individual, and have such stringent (and lately ignored) controls on government.
We created something different in this country. No wonder those who were content with what they had, who were content to stay behind...no wonder they don't appreciate what we've done.
Regrettably, we the people have elected a bunch of folks who seek approval from the very cultures we rejected. It is an interesting struggle.
But, what spin to say folks are in shelters because they don't have health care!!! The reason they're in shelters is that's the way the U.S. handles natural disasters that drive folks from their homes -- we put them in shelters temporarily. These are healthy people that have lost access, or just plain lost, their homes.
If they were sick or injured they would certainly be in hospitals because every human being in the U.S. has legally mandated emergency medical coverage, nationwide -- universal. But the media in other parts of the world evidently is spinning this 'shelter' issue as caused by lack of universal health care. What a politically motivated crock!
Furthermore, to echo sentiments from earlier posts, this country was founded and peopled by folks from all over the world who didn't like what they had and wanted something better. Those risk-takers who emmigrated here were not content with what their 'home' culture/government was providing, and they decided to come here and create something more to their liking.
This is the individualist spirit of the self-sufficient person. That spirit lives on in many, right here, right now. It's truly fantastic to see that the stubborn-ness of our founders is rising up in us in rejecting more and more government control. Governmental control is what our forebears came here to avoid. That is why our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are so strongly focused on the individual, and have such stringent (and lately ignored) controls on government.
We created something different in this country. No wonder those who were content with what they had, who were content to stay behind...no wonder they don't appreciate what we've done.
Regrettably, we the people have elected a bunch of folks who seek approval from the very cultures we rejected. It is an interesting struggle.
