Good bye,America.It was nice knowing you.

[Hank70SS]

Originally Posted by Ms Grumpy

So right Hank. One of my major concerns in the coming years will be the Obama-care programs. I know a lot of people who cannot afford insurance thru their work place and from what I understand there will be a large fine for those people that are not insured. And this is to start in the next 2 yrs.

Obama-care is just a portion of where I see us headed. I could debate both sides of Obama-care. People without insurance raise the rates for the rest of us, hospitals are obligated to treat people, insurance or not. Somebody is going to pay for it. Some people can't afford insurance, no fault of their own. This should be handled at a state level, we already have Medicaid. My biggest concern is the growth of the federal government. It keeps getting bigger and bigger. Agencies that have served their purpose and are no longer required don't go away. They're self sustaining, whether they're needed or not.

We have the FBI, CIA, ATF, TSA, US Marshalls along with the army, navy, air force, marines and coast guard and more. How much duplication (triplication, quadruplication, etc) of effort do we need. There is always a reason to create a new agency, just never seems to be a good reason to eliminate one. The federal government is like a living organism, it wants to preserve itself and grow. it keeps feeding, on us, and keeps growing. Eventually it will consume all of it's food source, us and collapse.