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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently said, “I don’t think he [President Trump] should fire Mueller and I don’t think he’s going to,” following calls from senators to draft legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the midst of the Russia investigation.
After most Democrats opposed CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s hawkish views on foreign policy, the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state on Thursday afternoon.
The Virginia Beach School Board voted this week to end the class ranking system that defined one valedictorian and one salutatorian for each graduating class. Though, does that help with the goal of education?
Progressive politicians and activists argue that a single-payer healthcare system can bring about real, meaningful change in the U.S. and give Americans the care they need. However, as people argue the economic ramifications of such implementation, being that it is far too costly and will bring detrimental failure to the private sector, many forget the chilling end to the program – people as property of the state.
Currently, there is a situation across the pond that shows exactly why a single-payer healthcare system is shockingly awful.
Terminally ill 23-month-old British toddler Alfie Evans has been a top topic in worldwide news cycles as his life now hangs in the balance between the wishes of his parents and the British government. The U.K. Court of Appeal is set to rule Wednesday on whether his parent’s pleas to leave the country for medical care will be allowed after the High Court prevented them from seeking medical treatment outside the U.K.
Recently, Alfie’s father was “allowed” to fly to the Vatican, where he begged the pontiff “to save our son” and grant his son asylum. Pope Francis and the Italian government added their support, granting Alfie Italian citizenship with hopes he would be allowed an “immediate transfer” to Bambino Gesu Hospital in Rome, according to BBC.
Medical staff at Alder Hey Hospital have consistently argued that scans of Alfie’s head show “catastrophic degradation of his brain tissue” and that further treatment is not only “futile” but also “unkind and inhumane”.
Furthermore, several U.K. judges have ruled that the hospital is acting in Alfie’s best interests. However, why is that the government’s decision?
Well, that is the caveat with single-payer healthcare. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Therefore, to get “free” healthcare, one must give up something – their freedom.
Those on the left may not understand this. The more frightening and believable conclusion is that they do, which is why they are fighting for single-payer so hard.
With the single-payer system, since the government is funding the care of an individual, they can then dictate the “worth” of an individual and whether the “cost” of medical care is actually worth the price.
So, could a single-payer, government-run healthcare system work in the United States? We already know the answer. America already has single-payer, government-run health care – look at the VA.
Last October, NFL team owners, league executives, and player leaders held a confidential meeting at the league’s headquarters in New York City to address President Donald Trump’s attacks against the player protests.
Good news for water-faring creatures; grass in the Chesapeake Bay has surpassed 100,000 acres for the first time in modern history. The aqua-pasture grew for a third straight year, gaining acreage by five percent from 2016 to 2017.
On May 14, members of the Virginia State Senate will return to Bank Street in Richmond to finish, hopefully, the two-year state budget, over one month after spending plans from the lower chamber were forwarded.
Ask them to say, “Vans don’t kill people. People kill people.”
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is getting ready to announce an official proposal that would guarantee a federal job with at least a $15 per hour wage and free health insurance benefits to every American, “who wants or needs one” because in Bernie’s America, we all work for Big Brother.
Congress will take up a bill later this week from Republican Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) that will revolutionize the music industry and how the makers of music are paid and compensated. Called the Music Modernization Act, it would benefit songwriters and producers that are currently subject to a system over 100 years old.