One might think that within today's political realm, someone is trying to pull a fast one on us. Now, I’m not talking about conspiracy theories. I'm talking about debates that are taking place each and every day. The proponents of this new Universal Healthcare are pushing a bill at the American people like a frenzied defensive line doing an eleven man rush to try and bring the ball down before we have time to realize how it will affect our quality of life. Not to point fingers, because when you point one finger forward you point three back at yourself, but President Obama has given over 100 speeches on this very topic within the last couple months. In his own words he said he will not "waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than improve it." He will stop at nothing to get this plan put into action despite the fact that only 44% of Americans are in favor of it while 53% are opposed to it. Most elections are won on smaller margins than that.

Actions that are being taken right now in Washington will have perilous lasting effects on our country. Just to give you an idea of the situation we have put ourselves into, the Federal Budget allocates $61 billion dollars a year for education. That is a lot of money; however, it is dwarfed in comparison to the interest we pay each and every year on our national debt. This last year alone we paid over $550 billion dollars on interest on our debts. Despite this we continue to accumulate more debt, ignorantly believing the future will take care of itself. Imagine if we had no debt and we had an extra $550 billion dollars a year we could put towards education and fighting crime each year.

My point in all of this is that, as a nation, we have made many bad decisions in the past with our money. We are currently making even more bad decisions. We're about to make one of the worst decisions possible, which is, destroying people's ability to receive proper health care. Take this call to action. Let your voice be heard and make a difference. Let the government know that we don't want Universal Healthcare, because at best it will cost us nearly a trillion dollars without consideration to anything else. We don't want to pass such a huge debt to our children. Promote this blog. Get the word out and keep your friends informed. As Americans, we can make a difference and we will.

Josh