Thread: A Few Thoughts Upon Wakening—Slavery and the Nanny State

Quote: Originally Posted by Publius I keep telling everyone this healthcare law only effects people that live within the Untied States!! Thats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa. Now if you're a citizen of that United States it effects you or if you're an officer or employee of the United States (dba corporation) it effects you. Now if you're a natural person that lives within the 50 states the healthcare law...

I keep telling everyone this healthcare law only effects people that live within the Untied States!! Thats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa. Now if you're a citizen of that United States it effects you or if you're an officer or employee of the United States (dba corporation) it effects you. Now if you're a natural person that lives within the 50 states the healthcare law does not effect you and it has no force...

Thinking hard early this morning, aren't you, VG? We may indeed be headed for some form of slavery. Some people think we're already there, but I've lived a pretty free life so far. The precedent of the health care bill mandating health insurance coverage with legal punishments for the uninsured is very ominous. It's all for our own good, but it indicates this regime thinks people not only cannot take care of themselves,...

Quote: Originally Posted by cleobc One of the reasons the South was slow to give up slavery was what they saw as compassion: they simply did not believe people who had been cared for for generations could learn to take care of themselves quickly enough to avoid starving. And they haven't learned it yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Volleyball Granny It's a curse, but I've learned to deal with it. Careful, your head might explode. Or mine will. Very good analogy there. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

You are RIGHT on the money this AM. Sadly so...

Quote: Originally Posted by seeking one And they haven't learned it yet. You are correct.