Greed
Greed. The level of greed is astonishing. The greed for other people’s money permeates health policy discussions. Taxation is discussed as “what can we collect from politically weak groups.” There is no concern for the damage done by this grasping attitude. There is a complete lack of compassion for people who work hard to earn that money. There isn’t even any implicit acknowledgement that it is someone else’s money. Anyone who has more than someone else ought, it is presumed, to be able to get by with less. This attitude also corrupts people who are dependent on public programs. In the public hearings I’ve attended, these beneficiaries have never expressed any gratitude to those who fund them. They demand more. Always. If you have an inexhaustible source of other people’s money, it will always be spent, and the newly impoverished will be back seeking more. And more.
Linda Gorman, Independence Institute, Golden, CO