Utopia May Not Be So Far Away... Unfortunately.

Here in America, we value our right to choose. Unfortunately, this greatly cherished (and even sacred) right of ours is slowly disappearing.



In Ann Arbor on May 22, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson gave a speech in which he first delivered word of The Great Society. This was his name for the beginning of a war on poverty and a big step forward in the Civil Rights Movement. Personally, I think what it did for Civil Rights is great, but the war on poverty ended up becoming America's first steps towards a Utopian Society.



Think about it. Under the Great Society, various government-funded aid programs were established. There's Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, TANF, and more. Now, don't get me wrong, free money is just great. But, it never comes free. Of course there's the issue of working-class Americans paying for the cell phones and BMW's of the "impoverished" while they get paid under the table, buuuut there's another catch. You see, if the government is paying for your life, sooner or later they're gonna tell you how you can live.



Today, with the economy as bad as it is, we're looking at a situation in which everyone will depend on the government.



Chew on this for a bit. When you have nothing --no home, no job, no family-- what is the one thing you still DO have? Your life, or as it's sometimes called, your health. With the new Healthcare Reform Bill, soon the government will have total control over healthcare. What's next? Mortgage Reform? We'll see.