by: Thomas Craig

Republicans... ENOUGH!  I am exhausted from hearing arguments against healthcare reform from people who clearly have no clue what they are talking about.  Before you go off on how you don't want a public option because it is socialist, perhaps you should consider our streets, libraries, law enforcement, and countless other aspects of our lives.  I am against the public option but not because I am afraid it will be a socialist move.  I think it would be great to provide health insurance to every American.  I, personally, would love to have a public option for my family and I to join in.  (I am aware of the contradiction I just made.) 

The reason I am against the public option is because I don't trust the government to run it properly.  Everything that the government runs becomes a bureaucratic and financial nightmare.  I am not willing to sacrifice the well-being of 250 million Americans for the sake of covering the 50 million (or whatever the number is this week) with low quality healthcare.  We cannot afford the public option plain and simple.  Even if we could afford it, I would not trust the government to change the oil in my car let alone oversee my health insurance.

We need to stop complaining about socialism because it emboldens the liberal base and allows them to point their fingers at you and make you look like a sophmoric flag-waving buffoon.  As I mentioned above, we already have many aspects of our lives socialized.  From now on, when somebody asks you about why you are against the public option, explain to them exactly why.  Ask the person to name you one program or department that the government oversees that is not a financial and bureaucratic nightmare.  When they realize that they are not able to name one, tell them that that is exactly why you don't support the public option.