Wednesday, August 12, 2009

President Obama: The Post Office Is Kaput, Let’s Do The Same To Heathcare



Many things can be said about President Obama’s townhall meeting in Portsmouth, NH. It was a staged event; yes and so are Republican rallies. It was stacked with people “friendly” to the President’s cause; Yep, as all political rallies are. The questions were softballs; What’s your point?


The town hall was a staged event, as has been most of the Obama’s presidency. All politics is politics, and no one should be surprised by the way the Democrats handled the Portsmouth Townhall Meeting.


However, what can be addressed is the content of the President’s address; especially things that were said off prompter. One such statement was his poorly selected analogy regarding the US Post Office and private package delivery services. It is in this statement that the truth about why people are concerned about the Democrats plans to take over our current healthcare system; the government can never do it better than the free-market.


President Obama went off prompter when attempting to answer how a public plan might co-exist with a private healthcare system. Chuckling as he usually does when he is trying to formulate an answer; President Obama made the following observations:


“I think private insurers should be able to compete. They do it all the time. I mean, if you think about, if you think about it, um, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. Right? The, uh, no they are. I mean, it's the post office that's always having problems. "


First point, in a free society private industry should never be in “competition” with a government program. The deck is always stacked in the government’s favor; the government writes the rules, enforces the rules, and when need be, changes the rules. No true competition can be achieved.


UPS, FedEx, Airborne Express are not in the business of daily mail delivery service. Daily mail delivery service, regardless of what some people might think, is vital to a fluid communication infrastructure, thereby permitting to some degree government involvement. However, many of the inefficacies of the post office are a glaring example of a bloated bureaucracy and a failed business model.


Point two, UPS and FedEx actually aren’t real competitors of the United States Postal Service. UPS, FedEx, Airborne Express were born out the need to provide fast delivery service, as inexpensive as possible, originally to the business community. Nevertheless, the customer understands that there will be a premium cost for a higher degree of service, and the customer is willing to incur that burden. The United States Postal Service has tried to play in the “fast delivery” service arena, and has failed (the reason for this failure could be a whole other article). The same thing will happen when you try to build a healthcare model based on this flawed premise, as President Obama eluded to at the Portsmouth Townhall.

If anything, President Obama’s analogy demonstrates what happens when a government system, also known as a public opinion, is overburden. The public program rations the service options and quality, then tries to “change the rules” when a private option is successful at exploiting the government programs failures.


And the final point comes from the last sentence of President Obama’s statement – “I mean, it's the post office that's always having problems. “ You are correct Mr. President! The government run program, weight downed with a bloated bureaucracy, continuing to function using outdated business principals, rationing services to ease their own internal pressure points (also known as customers), in the end providing sub-standard service to all, but hey, they are servicing everyone!


Maybe President Obama should work on reforming the Postal Service first before trying to tackle healthcare reform. But I have a strong suspicion that he will come to the same conclusion many have come to regarding healthcare reform. The government will never be as affected at these types of programs as the fair market solution. Period.


Word of advice to President Obama and his staff; next time use analogies that support your position, not hurt it. Just a thought.


Monday, August 10, 2009

President Obama in Portsmouth, NH: Read The Sign


President Obama will be traveling to Portsmouth, NH to put on a well-orchestrated "town hall." meeting. As he travels to the Portsmouth High School, I would suggest he take the time to see the beauty that is New Hampshire, and the words of wisdom that await him.

NH Patriot Greets President Obama


New Hampshire is proud of its history, and its commitment to liberty. Jack Kimball is a modern day patriot who is merely continuing the fight for liberty, but instead of bullets, his weapon is "just words."

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

How Can You Tell Obama Is Lying…..His Lips Are Moving

There are things that you can always count on in life, and one such thing is that Democrats will always raise your taxes, because they cannot control their need to spend your money.

Obama will raise our taxes not because of what happen under the Bush administration. No, Obama will raise our taxes because of the reckless spending his party has committed over these past few months. President Obama will go back on his pledge (for my liberal friends, that means a guarantee, oath, word of honor), vowing not to raise taxes on those making less than $250,000.00 (although that number kept creeping down as the campaign progressed).

From a speech in Dover, NH, September of 2008 (go to 1:21 – “I can make a pledge, no family making less than $250,000.00 will see ANY form of tax increase….NOT ANY OF YOUR TAXES!



………NOT ONE SINGLE DIME. Not one of New Hampshire’s proudest moments. I love the wit….cracks me up.

What the speech told us then, and tells us now, is how naïve (or stupid, your choice) Obama's economic plan is.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Flu Vaccination Priority List: Senior's On Their Own

As with every collective society, eventfully it is the elderly, infirm, and those that are deemed to be "unsuitable" that are cast out. We see this not only in history, but in today's societies that have taken control over essential services, such as healthcare.

A recent example of an unfortunate oversight (which will not doubt be the reply from the Obama administration), is the omission of one our more vulnerable elements of our society...the elderly.

Senior Citizens Left Off Government’s Swine-Flu Vaccination Priority List

I venture to guest that someone in the Obama administration will eventually suggest a solution that solves two perceived problems: those stuborn old folks who just won't die and the alleged dwindling food source for the polar bear population. Advise to anyone over 60 years-old, if the governemnt offers you a "free trip" to the artic circle, don't be surpise if the tickets one-way.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Healthcare Proposal: 5 Year Plan to Move Consumers Off Their Plans

Let me first start by saying I have done something most Congressmen, Senators, and liberals have failed to do......I READ THE BILL!

If you were to read this bill it would take you very little time to see that the numbers do not add up, nor is the plan sustainable without the eventual take over of the entire system. But one of the must concerning issues is the Democrats are lying , and their uninformed followers gobble up the misinformation like the dimwitted sheep in Orwell's book "The Animal Farm."

The biggest lie is the often repeated statement that you will be able to keep your plan. It is a bold face lie, and anyone who repeats this statement is either an idiot or a lair, or both.

Obama’s Health-Care Proposal Could Keep Consumers from Choosing Own Insurance Plan After Five Years, House Minority Leader Says

5 year plans have been tried before...........

Like what we are witnessing in France and Canada, we will end up with a tiered healthcare system where the rich and connected "somehow" receive the best care, while the other animals on the farm wallow in the slop of a "new" healthcare system.