Capitalism Republican Style

By James Bowler

In a recent opinion piece posted in the Washington Post, one Ada M. Fisher talks about how the health care reform bill is a danger to Americans. She questions if the ailments of people who continue to smoke and eat unhealthy food should be covered by the people who keep themselves healthy. She also states that parents who have children with genetic defects and continue to have children knowing that these spawn may continue to have genetic defects should not be on society’s tab.

A look into Miss Fisher’s name finds that she is running for congress. She’s a republican as well as a doctor. Here is her campaign website.

It seems that miss Fisher has a personal vendetta against the bill reform and now with good reason. Doctors could see a cut in their paychecks if the reform bill goes through. She’s also a Republican, a party which is widely skeptical and fighting this bill since it first showed up.

It’s interesting the article she writes uses the word Socialism in the title. Another way to scare American tax payers into ‘doing the right thing’. Scare tactics have been used widely by politicians in order to get things done the way they see fit, even if its not the right way.

I find it grossly unprofessional that a woman with a degree in medicine refers to parents who have children with genetic defects as living on society’s tab.

Miss Fisher goes over and over again around the debt owed by the United States and how taxes will skyrocket if this bill is passed. If our American cousins simply took a look over their shoulders they’d see how health care affects taxes. Very little in fact. Canadians who enjoy free health care are no more out of pocket than Americans are now. In fact the middle class section of Canada is probably in better economic standing than most Americans.

Would you rather not pay more taxes and then have to go bankrupt after breaking your leg and not being able to work for a month because of the insurance bills, or could you endure a slight increase in taxes that will give you piece of mind and never have you worry about your health condition again?

Socialism American Style miss Fisher? Check your records because this is a case of Capitalism Republican style.