I usually don't get the opportunity to watch morning television shows. However, I did catch about 10 minutes of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this morning and it made me laugh.
I don't know the male and female hosts of the show and I didn't catch their names, but they were in a heated debate with Chris Matthews of MSNBC's "Hardball" about government-run health care.
The two hosts were saying they wanted some form of national health care but didn't want the government just throwing money at it without a plan. Matthews was miffed with the pair because they were not backing President Obama's plan without question. I expected no less from the man because he has anointed Obama as savior of the universe.
The funny part of the argument was Matthews kept contradicting himself. He was saying everyone against national health care was "pussy-footing" around because they didn't want to get something passed right away. He said the only way reason got Social Security and Medicare was because we took action. When the hosts kept saying all they wanted was a serious discussion about cost, Matthews brought up the war in Iraq and how we went in there without regard to cost. Without realizing it, Matthews proved the hosts' point.
I rarely agree with the hosts of MSNBC because they fall in line with the far left no questions asked, but I had to applaud the staff of "Morning Joe" for asking for fiscal responsibility.
When it comes to a national health insurance, I am not sure where I stand. I wouldn't mind coverage for people as long as the plan didn't cost trillions in taxes and waste most of that money. That is what is happening with Medicare.
I also don't want a plan that will cut private insurance companies.
I am not sure that plan exists.
If Matthews has his way we'll have Obama-care, a plan that costs five times as much as it should, add trillions more to ever-mounting debt and make the federal government the only health care insurance agency in America.
