Shutting Them Up

Those against “universal health care” want to run an ad explaining their position, but their opponents; those IN FAVOR of “universal health care” (which includes Obama and his fellow swindlers) want to stop them from running it. They want to “shut them up,” and “end the debate.” "When thuggery replaces debate in the political process, society suffers. There is no room in an advanced civilization for tribal conflicts. Competing ideas should be sorted out in the light, not snuffed out by intimidation. But that is exactly what a coalition organization called "Democracy for America" [which is just the opposite of what they're working for -RT] is trying to do. A group named ‘Conservatives for Patients' Rights’ has bought time on Washington, D.C.'s NBC 4 to air a 30-minute broadcast Sunday after 'Meet the Press.' The group describes it as a '60 Minutes'-style documentary' that will 'let people see the very real consequences of letting the government take over their health care decisions.' We haven't seen the program, which has already run on the History Channel, A&E Network and ION, and focuses on the 'stalling, waiting lists and rationing and withholding care because of red tape, politics, and bureaucratic foot-dragging' that distinguish the government-run health care systems elsewhere, particularly Great Britain and Canada. So we don't know how the points are presented. But we are aware of those systems' failures and have repeatedly listed them on these pages. Many Americans, however, are ignorant of the rationing and nasty waiting lists that are responsible for poor health and even fatalities in nations with socialist health care systems. And "Democracy for America" [sic] wants to keep them that way." That’s obvious, else why would they want to stop it from being broadcast? (IBD Editorials)