Good Post Iam.

Historically socialism doesn't work and always leads to an oligarchy (small group of elites dictating).

If we want to know what to NOT do we need to look a Roman history. Rome, i believe, introduced the first republic. That's what the U.S. was founded on. (Actually it is a democratic republic.)

This is because democracy is a mob rule.

And a ruling body becomes corrupt.

That is why everything is balanced.

Freedom is so often preached because our country was supposed to have as little government involvement as possible. No one was supposed to be told to do anything aside from respecting each others rights.

Anyway, back to Rome...

Supposedly the first Republic became corrupt as predicted. They started passing laws in the interest of businesses. This start to put economical pressure on the poor and middle class. Their solution was social programs. You know, welfare, healthcare, etc.

Anyway, this made the middle class shrinkand shrink fast. When the middle class shrank, they weren't able to afford these systems anymore, unless they created more money, which they did. This led to runaway inflation whichmade everything unaffordable for the poor and eventually people starved. This led to riots and uprising.

The end result was the Ceasars ruling.

Maybe that's what we need. Maybe people have become so incapable they cannot take care of themselves anymore. Maybe we are so unvirtuous we are incapable of freedom... I hope not. I hope it hasn't come to that point.

Anyway, the problem with socialism is that there is no private property. Everything is government owned, and 51% of the population decides what to do with this property. Also, chances for advancement financially are very limited. It's a tried and failed method.

The problem with socialism and us, is the simple fact that it will only benefit the big businesses that are causing many of our problems. National Healthcare will make the pharmacuetical companies filthy rich (more so) because instead of investigating their influence on the FDA, we decide to fund a government program giving them muchbigger pockets to pick.


Before resorting to another course of action, like starting more programs we can't afford, perhaps we should look at our problem, and find a diagnosis before starting a treatment.

Maybe my study of medicine is skewing my perception of reality. Normally a patient will have a problem, usually pain related. We look at the problem, then trace it, the best we can, back to the source so we may diagnose it. Until a proper diagnosis is given, we cannot assume a treatment will work.

Starting a government program would be just like treating a patient with pain medication without giving a diagnosis.

There must be some reason we cannot afford healthcare. Why not? Is it because insurance companies are no longer non-profit and they are screwing people over? Is it because illegal immigrants are flooding the system, getting treatment and not paying? Is it because the big pharmacuetical companies are influencing the FDA to make noninvasive, cheap treatments illegal so people have to buydrugs with side affects that require treatment from other drugs?

We need to ask more questions before coming up with solutions...