Conservative Monica Crowley – known for her Washington Times columns, Fox News commentary and as a panelist on The McLaughlin Group – is anything but a fan of the recently passed healthcare reform legislation. In a Washington Times column, Crowley writes that “…the American people have been shackled by a new set of chains. What the Democrats did was not just pass a horrendously expensive, corrupt and destructive healthcare bill. They took a big chunk out of our exceptionalism. They are turning us rather quickly into France. Or Great Britain.”
According to Crowley, “He (President Obama) is accomplishing this by expanding government in unprecedented ways. By expanding government into every nook and cranny of your life – through healthcare, cap-and-trade and education policy – he will exponentially grow the base of people dependent on the federal government. By doing that, he will create a permanent Democratic majority.”
Crowley goes on to suggest that President Obama’s real goal is to establish a socialist state. “The objective: a massive welfare state, a la France and Greece – both of which, by the way, are sinking fast under their monstrous debts. By transferring millions more Americans to the public dole through healthcare entitlements, he is growing our debt to levels that will bring about the end of the dollar as the exceptional cornerstone of the world’s monetary structure,” Crowley opines.
“This is why most Americans are not going to settle for less than the fully monty: absolute and total repeal of Obamacare. Healthcare ‘reform’ was never about healthcare. It was about expanding government into every part of your life as an excuse to confiscate more of your private property, strip you of your constitutionally guaranteed freedoms and remake America into a two-bit, second-rate, debt-laden European socialist backwater.”
During his 18 years as Saskatchewan’s premier, Douglas introduced car insurance, labor reforms and his dream of universal Medicare to the province. Although Douglas lost power in 1961, he continued to promote his socialist policy and persuaded the Liberal party under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson’s leadership to adopt a national Medicare and pension plan.