As nauseous as it makes me, my honest gut feeling is that the Democrats will find a way to pass their health care bill. The opportunity is simply too great and too close for them to resist. It is much like Rush has described – it is like Sauron nearly grasping the One Ring. In many ways the ultimate prize for the statists, government health care is potentially the most important achievement of their political lives.
The reasons for this are clear. Passing this health care “reform” bill will establish a new entitlement that will be very hard to roll back. It will extend the tentacles of government into every facet of life. It has long been understood that, much like carbon controls allow government to regulate every part of economic life, health care control will allow government to regulate all elements of personal life. The “obesity crisis” all of a sudden becomes a national emergency, and addressing it becomes an argument about saving taxpayer money and working for the common good. And of course, addressing it means bans, laws, taxes, and the like. In general, everyday health decisions gain national significance as they all affect the health care system in some way.
In short, then, this health care bill passing is in many ways “game over” for a long time. This is not to say it cannot be defeated someday, but doing so will become increasingly hard under our current system, as the above-mentioned tentacles grasp tighter and deeper and people get used to subsidies and controls. To the tyrants intent on passing this, that is the entire point. The near-totalitarian mindset of much of the Left is on full display as politicians lie, extort, and bribe in their quest for the Holy Grail. It has become clear that no tactic is too low, no attack too base.
What do we do then, in the face of this impending juggernaut? We, quite simply, go to war. I don’t think it is much of an exaggeration to compare this bill to Pearl Harbor. Certainly not in the sense of lives lost (at least visibly), but in terms of its brazenness, violence, and offensiveness. Just as Pearl Harbor shocked the nation, instantly readied us for war, and launched us into fighting against the Axis, the health care bill needs to launch Americans into battle against the power-hungry, oppressive leaders who would dare enact such a wretched thing. We need to understand that the very fabric of our country is under assault and act accordingly. This is not a fight any of us wish for – we would much rather live our own lives, and mind our own business. But when the forces of statism launch an unprovoked sneak attack on us, we damn well better respond in kind.