We need to take our country back

The Democrats and a few R.I.N.O. Republicans are pushing hard to transform the health care system in this country into a European/Canadian system that is sure to provide less-than-quality care for all. We also will be taxed now for a health care system that won't be implemented until 2013.

That doesn't make sense, or does it?

If the Democrat health care bill passes the Senate, the federal government, for the first time in our history, will force citizens to buy a product whether they want it or not. If anyone refuses to purchase a government approved health care policy, the government, via the Internal Revenue Service, will impose an added tax and can impose prison time. Of course Congress, the body that wants to pass this bill so badly, will be exempt from this mandate.

When did we lose our liberty? When did the federal government become so powerful that it became the master instead of the servant? It was when we baby boomers were busy making a living and leaving the matters of governing to our elected officials.

These officials, wanting to ensure their continued stay in a cushy government job, saw the vast wealth that had accumulated in the Social Security fund and began creating social programs giving the "less fortunate" among us the funds that were earmarked for our Social Security payments.

Congress promised to repay these funds but as history has shown, the federal government has a bad track record of keeping promises; see the history of Native American treaties.

Now that we boomers are starting to retire, there aren't enough funds for the federal government to keep its promise of Social Security payments so they now plan to tax us again under the guise of "healthcare reform," while tearing down a health care system that 80 percent of Americans are happy with. This bill is a sham and a travesty that will elevate our federal government to the power that England had over us when the colonies revolted.

We are almost at the point of imposing on ourselves the very thing that we hated and broke away from 233 years ago; total government control.

We need to take back our country. We need to impose term limits on Congress and end all perks after they leave office including retirement; they are not royalty. We need to demand that when Congress votes on a bill that they only vote on that bill and do not add last minute pork or amendments. Lastly we must demand restraints on how Congress spends our hard-earned tax money.

Larry Lunsford

Brooksville