Tea Partiers can GFT.
Okay, so. Listening to clips of Sarah Palin's speech in Nashville, wondering exactly how little Tea Partiers actually understand what their government does for them.
They call for small government, for it to get out of their lives by not giving them free health care. Oh dear. Okay then. So for all of you who call yourselves part of this abomination called the "Tea Party", you no longer get MediCare or MedicAid. You will no longer have water pumped into your house through the main sewer lines, and we'll close them off as they're heading outside, too. Your trash will no longer be picked up, and you cannot drop off your recycling anywhere. Your electricity and gas will be cut off, hope you've already bought your sweaters! Your children can no longer go to public school, and can't receive grants or loans for college. You will buy food off the back of a farmer's wagon, if he's kind enough to stop, with no labels to tell you how fresh something is, or whether that's prime steak or better off as dog food. You will no longer get mail, and your driveway will be blocked off, as you should no longer drive on the government's roads. If you can manage to get to town, you will not be allowed to visit any business that receives subsidies or assistance from the government, so make sure to check your provided list. Regrettably, it is very short, but that's all right, as you can't withdraw your money from the bank because the government bailed them out. You cannot visit any museum, library, park, forest, or beach (national, state, or city). But that's all right, they're so far away, and you can't use your car on the roads, highways, etc., and can't use any sort of public transportation such as trains, buses, subways, or airlines. And don't even think about using your boat, that waterway is the property of the United States government. You would have no way to defend your property, as the military cannot defend you, and you cannot buy a gun without a background check, but you're not in any database anymore. So you are stuck at home, no fireman will hose your house down when it's burning, no cop will come running if it's robbed, no paramedic to resuscitate you when your heart stops, and there is no hospital to go to anyway.
There. Is your government small enough now? You're completely alone in the world, with no support net whatsoever. Seems unfair? Seems awful? Now you know how people feel when they don't have insurance, either because they can't afford it, can't get coverage because of their condition, or a slew of other reasons. They have lost their safety net, and gone bankrupt because of it. I ask you, just as Senator Al Franken asked "Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the right-wing Hudson Institute", and I quote:
FRANKEN: I want to ask you, how many medical bankruptcies because of medical crises were there last year in Switzerland?
FURCHTGOTT-ROTT: I don’t have that number in front of me, but I can find out and get back to you.
FRANKEN: I can tell you how many it was. It’s zero. Do you know how many medical bankruptcies there were last year in France?
FURCHTGOTT-ROTT: I don’t have that number, but I can get back to you if you like.
FRANKEN: Yeah, the number is zero. Do you know how many were in Germany?
FURCHTGOTT-ROTT: From the trend of your questions, I’m assuming the number is zero. But I don’t know the precise number and would have to get back to you.
FRANKEN: Well, you’re very good. Very fast. The point is, I think we need to go in that direction, not the opposite direction. Thank you.
(Quoted from McLaughlin, Ted. "Franken Exposes Health Care Lies," Best of the Blogs. October 22, 2009. http://bestoftheblogs.com/Home/21812.)
They call for small government, for it to get out of their lives by not giving them free health care. Oh dear. Okay then. So for all of you who call yourselves part of this abomination called the "Tea Party", you no longer get MediCare or MedicAid. You will no longer have water pumped into your house through the main sewer lines, and we'll close them off as they're heading outside, too. Your trash will no longer be picked up, and you cannot drop off your recycling anywhere. Your electricity and gas will be cut off, hope you've already bought your sweaters! Your children can no longer go to public school, and can't receive grants or loans for college. You will buy food off the back of a farmer's wagon, if he's kind enough to stop, with no labels to tell you how fresh something is, or whether that's prime steak or better off as dog food. You will no longer get mail, and your driveway will be blocked off, as you should no longer drive on the government's roads. If you can manage to get to town, you will not be allowed to visit any business that receives subsidies or assistance from the government, so make sure to check your provided list. Regrettably, it is very short, but that's all right, as you can't withdraw your money from the bank because the government bailed them out. You cannot visit any museum, library, park, forest, or beach (national, state, or city). But that's all right, they're so far away, and you can't use your car on the roads, highways, etc., and can't use any sort of public transportation such as trains, buses, subways, or airlines. And don't even think about using your boat, that waterway is the property of the United States government. You would have no way to defend your property, as the military cannot defend you, and you cannot buy a gun without a background check, but you're not in any database anymore. So you are stuck at home, no fireman will hose your house down when it's burning, no cop will come running if it's robbed, no paramedic to resuscitate you when your heart stops, and there is no hospital to go to anyway.
There. Is your government small enough now? You're completely alone in the world, with no support net whatsoever. Seems unfair? Seems awful? Now you know how people feel when they don't have insurance, either because they can't afford it, can't get coverage because of their condition, or a slew of other reasons. They have lost their safety net, and gone bankrupt because of it. I ask you, just as Senator Al Franken asked "Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the right-wing Hudson Institute", and I quote:
FRANKEN: I want to ask you, how many medical bankruptcies because of medical crises were there last year in Switzerland?
FURCHTGOTT-ROTT: I don’t have that number in front of me, but I can find out and get back to you.
FRANKEN: I can tell you how many it was. It’s zero. Do you know how many medical bankruptcies there were last year in France?
FURCHTGOTT-ROTT: I don’t have that number, but I can get back to you if you like.
FRANKEN: Yeah, the number is zero. Do you know how many were in Germany?
FURCHTGOTT-ROTT: From the trend of your questions, I’m assuming the number is zero. But I don’t know the precise number and would have to get back to you.
FRANKEN: Well, you’re very good. Very fast. The point is, I think we need to go in that direction, not the opposite direction. Thank you.
(Quoted from McLaughlin, Ted. "Franken Exposes Health Care Lies," Best of the Blogs. October 22, 2009. http://bestoftheblogs.com/Home/21812.)