Random Thoughts on Religion

Hi $NAME,

Basically, the role of the government is to provide for our welfare, to see
that we flourish, etc. Note this part of the constitution:

Notice that from a GOP perspective even public schooling is anti-American in
that it wasn’t guaranteed explicitly in the founding documents and it’s
inherently…um, socialist. Are you against public schooling?

The same goes for public fire departments and police departments. It’s quite
socialist to rely on other peoples’ tax money to save YOUR house when
there’s a fire. Yet both public schooling and public safety are plainly good
for America. Why? Because they improve the quality of life of the general
population. See again the “promotion of the general welfare” above.

Now, with respect to healthcare we have an absolute atrocity taking place in
our country at the hands of greedy, self-interested,
take-everything-you-can-get-away-with insurance companies and the
billionaires that run them. They are profiting at the expense of the
people–it’s that simple.

People who are fighting healthcare reform are basically fighting for their
right to go bankrupt if their kid gets sick.

We ticket people for not wearing a seatbelt. Why? And why is it accepted?
Because we know that people dying is not good for the public welfare. So we
discourage the dangerous behavior for the greater good. As a result, it’s
much safer to drive. Same with car seats: they save babies.

This is no different for healthcare. The government is trying to encourage
people do what they should already be doing. Just like requiring that they
send their kids to school, that they put their kids in car seats, and a ton
of other things that are complete common sense when there are tens of
millions of people who would suffer without the law.

If your answer is that we shouldn’t have to police people in this way,
that’s great. I agree. But we do have to. Because we are a kind,
compassionate group of people who realize that some people need more help
than others.

It’s not moral, and I dare say not “Christian” to promote the idea that if
you’re too stupid to take your kids to school, or to put your kid in a car
seat, or to get health insurance, then you deserve to suffer. That’s not
accurate. It’s not kind. It’s not American. It’s not what Jesus taught. And
it’s beneath you.

I ask you to deeply reconsider your position.

Love,

Daniel