Kinda Upset Again…
April 1, 2010
I hate politics. They are so twisted and honestly they make me sick. But lately I have been bothered by something in politics and I feel like I need to blog about it. Before I start I suppose I will tell you my “political standing,” which really is for no good reason, but I am registered Republican; mostly because of my beliefs that abortion is wrong…and thats pretty much the only reason actually. So I hear my family, people in church, and professors at my Bible college completely trashing the new health care laws. At first I had the same reaction, I am a Republican so I need to hate everything that any Democrat does… That is dumb. I am not going to pretend that I know all of the ins and outs of this new law, but I do know that the basic idea of this law is to take away some money from the rich in taxes and use that money to give it to the poor for healthcare. What on earth is bad about that! The Bible commands us to care for the poor. Deuteronomy 15:11 says: “There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward those of your people who are poor and needy in your land.” This is one of MANY passages in the Bible we as Christians believe in and “follow.” 
Why is it that everyone hates caring for the poor so much? I feel as if this is a very biblical thing that our government is doing with this law, and I support it. And if it makes us wait in line at the doctors office for a little while longer, and takes a few more dollars out of our paychecks, SO WHAT!? To me this seems to be an awesome thing, and I would love to hear some Christians promoting such a thing because I believe that that is what we are called to do, that is care for the poor. I think that Americans should have the right to healthcare if they cannot afford it, if we are such the great country that we in vision ourselves to be. We need to live the way God tells us, and not by these political standards that many of us feel so bound to…. Maybe I am completely wrong and you don’t agree at all, please tell me how I am wrong I would love to hear from you.
- Zach
You are wrong Zach. The whole thing is about power and control. About getting votes for the next 40 years. You will see it in the future, but I understand you can’t see the whole picture right now. I happened upon your blog and have enjoyed reading it very much.
The whole thing about Politics is that we should question what goes on. We should question our leaders, and by that I mean the Republicans, since I too am a Republican. The two political parties are based on two totally different philosophies.
Democrats believe in Big Government and Republicans are “supposed” to believe in smaller, limited Government, and one fending for themselves.
Democrats look to make individuals dependent upon them(the Government)for handouts. Free money for junk cars, Cash from Obama’s “STASH?”, Free health care?, Vote for me, vote for me, vote for me…
I see the differences. I can say truly that sometimes it is difficult to see the differences in a few politicians. I have seen good men go to Washington and get corrupted by the “system”.
Obama is bad for America and the working people. Unions had their place at the turn of the century, but now they are a disaster whose time has come. They have outgrown their usefulness.
I wish you the best of luck. I will be looking forward to following your blog still, in the future.
May God bless.
Jeff
Yes I understand the ideas of what the Republican and Democratic parties stand for. Regardless of the boosting of power of a government with leaders that some may not like, is it not our duty to care for the poor? We as citizens are not caring for the poor, if I get off the train in Philadelphia I see homeless people laying almost everywhere I go, and no one cares. The government is giving us a way to help these people. If they get sick I think that they should have the rights to go to the doctors and be treated, without embarrassment, on our dollar. I am not saying you are wrong Jeff, all I am saying is that this Health Care thing has happened, so try to look at it in a positive light rather then going around complaining about it.