Herd mentality on display
President George W. Bush said something with which I don’t agree: “All people yearn to be free.”
No they don’t. Millions of Americans want “big brother.”
Larry Winters (Letters, Oct. 2) complains about a new generation of “me,” relating to health care. Let’s forget his impossible-to-prove assertions that “our ancestors” concluded the lack of education or health care was “immoral.” How about his examples?
Roads: They’re constitutional, nationally … for the Post Office! (The federal government must contact me by mail. I’m not required to have a phone, TV or Internet.) The military is constitutional; colleges, parks, food safety are not. Those are states’ and people’s rights.
When did we become collectivist? When did we forsake freedom? Who said we’re all in this (whatever “this” is) together – socialist guru Franklin D. Roosevelt? Is this the unconstitutional pattern to which we’ve become accustomed?
Government health care means the government can force our actions, “for our own good,” to make sure we don’t burden other taxpayers with “risky” behavior. We are now a herd. Must we point to D.C. at the same time and “moo” on cue?
Rod Foss
Spokane