A long time ago, someone said those who fail to heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.Apparently, Cynthia Parkhill does not believe that.
Not long ago, Hawaii adopted a universal, single-payer health care scheme. Within two years it was abandoned due to skyrocketing costs. During Romney”s tenure as governor of Massachusetts that state adopted a universal health care program. That program”s steadily increasing cost has driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy.
Iceland has cradle-to-grave Social Security, including universal health care. They also have an individual tax rate in excess of 75 percent. According to the latest reports, that country”s economy is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Canada, as well as several countries in Europe have installed the same socialist system and are finding the costs unsustainable.
Yet, with all this evidence in hand, Parkhill wants the United States, or at least California, already deeply in debt, to leap into the same socialist morass.
I guess she just assumes that all those other governments must have done it wrong and it will work just fine if she and her progressive friends can just be allowed to take control and do it the right way. Apparently, the 85 percent of Americans who do not want socialist-run health care just don”t understand.
Well, we all work until June every year to support government at all levels. Maybe it won”t hurt too much if we extend that out to September or October. At least we can still have enough left to provide a decent Christmas for our families.
Would that work for you, Ms. Parkhill?
Bob Knutson
Kelseyville
