Helpful government
Government from local to national is deciding what is "best" for us. California wants to put remote control thermostats in homes because the government knows best. California has decided that children cannot be home schooled unless the parent has a teaching certificate because the government knows best. Mississippi has a bill pending in the legislature that fat people (as defined by the state) cannot be served in restaurants because the government knows best. Texas tells people they cannot play eight liner machines that pay out too much because the government knows best. The United States government tells us what time it is because the government knows best.
I'm tired of the government telling me what is best. I want to return to the days when I was allowed to decide for myself what is best.
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$48 billion boondoggle
Congress has passed and President Bush says he'll sign a bill authorizing $48 billion for AIDS relief and the lifting of the ban of foreigners traveling into the U.S. who have HIV/AIDS. That $48 billion is a lot of money and could do a lot of good here at home for American citizens who don't have health insurance. I'm not real thrilled with lifting the ban on travel into the country by people who have AIDS. I am afraid that many will end up in the health care system here, rather than back home. I tell you, seems like every time I hear a story that has Bush's name in it, I look more forward to the day he leaves office. I admit I voted for him, and considering the choices I had, might still vote for him given the same circumstances. But, he has turned out to be the biggest dissappointment I have ever seen in a public official. January can't get here fast enough to suit me.
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posted by
freethinker
on Aug 1, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Well I agree with your last two sentences too but not with the rest of your blog. People who are hiv positive should be allowed to visit the United States. American citizens with hiv can travel abroad. This will just be lifting the ban in place since 1987 when the Reagan administration put it into effect. And we know all the great things Reagan did to help the spread of aids. Not much at all. How long did it even take him before he would mention the word. Boy, I could go on about Reagan but I won't. Getting back to the 48 billion, although this sounds like a lot of money it is just a drop in the bucket in fighting the aids epidemic around the world. Also these funds are not just for Aids, but also Malaria and Tuberculosis which both kill millions of people every year. The funds from this bill will be directed at sub-saharan Africa,Vietnam, Haiti, and Guyana, where Aids, malaria and tuberculosis outbreaks are concentrated. The bill is not perfect by any means though. For one thing it does not explicitly encourage the close integration of HIV programs with family planning and other reproductive health services. Recently former US President Bill Clinton announced a deal between a foundation he runs and Chinese and Indian companies to reduce the price of a key malaria drug by one-third. Good for him!
posted by
pilot
on Jul 30, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Well put. I don't think I could have Voiced the sentiment in your last two sentences myself, without being bleeped out a couple of times though.......
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