Health Care Solutions from a Conservative
Posted by Anthony on August 31, 2009
It may seem that something like health care is well out of bounds of a Christian apologetics ministry but it is not true. The divorce made between faith and politics, often made by Christians themselves, is usually wrong headed. That is not to say that I advocate a ‘theocracy.’ It is to say that there is a clear connection between beliefs and actions, and ideologies and consequences. The current health care debate illustrates this very well in that a person’s preferred solution often depends on one’s overall ideology.
Not all ideologies are created equal. Some result in increased freedom for all. Others result in slavery. Sometimes the ideology leads people to embrace slavery as being less harmful than the cost of freedom. Sometimes, people get hurt. And that’s generally bad, and something that I as a Christian apologist should like to try to prevent if I can.
Many folks seem to concede that turning over the management of our health to the Government is giving up some of our personal freedoms, ie, a form of slavery… but the need is great and so the ‘solution’ justifiable. When you object to this ‘soft tyranny‘ the retort is: “Oh yea? What is your solution?”
This always strikes me as in the “When did you stop beating your wife” category. I can almost see the Nazis standing over the trenches, ready to slaughter another hundred Jews; one bystander protests and the Nazis retort, “Oh yea? What is your solution?” Uh, well… This is not to say that all those pushing for American Socialism have in mind National Socialism. I’m just trying to illustrate the principle.
So what follows are my ideas for a ‘solution.’ Read the rest of the entry… »
