They were accused by the Speaker of the House “carrying swastikas and symbols like that”. (2)

They were accused by members of the media and far left Hollywood liberals of being racists (3).

They were marginalized by the mainstream media (4)

But Saturday, they could not be ignored.  Saturday, September 12th some 60,000 to 70,000 Americans descended on Liberty Park in Washington for a march on the Capital building(5).

They went to Washington to be heard.  Many of us wanted to be there, but were unable to make the trip.  But we stand with them.  We are not in opposition to Health Care Reform as the President claimed in his address to the Joint Session of Congress, but we are in opposition to how the President and the Democratic leaders of both the House and the Senate insist it must be done.  We are in oppostion to fundamentaling changing the relationship between the Federal Government and the people of this great nation.  We are in opposition to the destruction of the finest health care system in the world.  We are in opposition to the Federal Government asserting its massive power into the health care decisions of the individual, leaving the citizen with no choice but to accept government mandates as the final arbiter over what may be life and death decisions.  We are in opposition to the financial destruction of our children’s and grandchildren’s future through more and more deficit spending – a problem not exclusive to this Administration, but which has reached unheard of levels in the past 8 months (11).  We are in opposition to the nationalization of fully one sixth of the U.S. economy.

There were 70,000 voices in Washington on Saturday, once again saying NO to socialized medicine. 

The people said “No!”to socialized medicine under the Truman administration in 1945 (6).

The people  said “No!” to Congressman Ferrand and Congressman King in the 1960s when they too attempted the same “crisis of millions of Americans without health insurance” ploy with the Ferrand Bill(7).

The people said “No!” to the Clinton adminstration in 1994 (8).

And the people are saying “No!” to the current administration today. (9) (10)

Can we make improvements to our health insurance system?  Yes, we can. 

Can we help those who are not covered my Medicare or Medicaid, can’t afford coverage, and are unable to provide for themselves a way to get private health care insurance?  Yes, we can.

Can we make sure that people are treated fairly by insurance companies?  Yes, we can.

We believe this can be accomplished:

• By removing the barriers to purchasing health insurance across state lines. 
• By standardizing the regulation of health insurance nationally with sensible mandates on required coverage.
• By making health insurance premiums completely tax deductible.
• By making tax credits vouchers available for those in financial need.
• By allowing individuals to join groups such as credit unions and community groups to purchase group coverage and group rates.
• By implementing real tort law reforms so doctors can stop practicing defensive medicine.
• By encouraging medical savings accounts.
• By helping those who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid get enrolled in those programs.

 We are not in opposition to the key goals for Health Care Reform set forth by Pres. Obama in his address to Congress… we are however in opposition to his proposed means of achieving those goals.  This does not make us liars.  This does not make us lunatics.  This does not make us Nazis or racists.  What it does make us is Americans with a voice… and we will be heard!

We strongly believe that we don’t work for the government, but that the government works for us… and we are determined to keep it that way.

Footnotes:

(1)    ABC News:  Political Punch,  by Jake Tapper.  August 5th, 2009

(2)    Newsmax.com:  Media Ingnore Pelosi Nazi Comparison by Newsmax Staff, August 7th, 2009

(3)    Newsmax.com:  Garofalo Sticks to Calling Tea Parties ‘Racist’ by Dan Weil, May 13, 2009

(4)    WorldNetDaily.com:  Did Anybody Notic? by Hal Lindsey, April 17, 2009

(5)   ABC News: Tea Party Protesters March on Washington by Russel Goldman, Sept. 12, 2009

(6)    The Truman Library & Museum, This Day in Truman History, November 19, 1945

(7)    Chicago Tribune: Ronald Reagan on Medicare, circa 1961 by Eric Zoran, Sept. 2nd, 2009

(8)    TimesOnline: Ugly corpse of ‘HillaryCare’ haunts Obama by tony Allen-Mills, Sept. 13, 2009

(9)  Rasmussen Reports:  The Government-Insurance Option is Dead by Lawrence Kudlow, Sept. 11, 2009

(10) Rasmussen Reports: Following Speech, Suppot for Health Care Reform Up to 46%.  Sept. 11, 2009 

(11) Heritage Foundation – The Foundry: Bussh Deficit vs. Obama Deficitin Pictures by Con Carrol, March 24th, 2009