Name:   Buteye - Subject:   Insurance for Everyone Date:   6/25/2017 12:23:39 AM

I am going to try and arouse some basic feelings that may exist in general about governments responsibility for providing insurance to all Americans. First of all I will try to put forth my own thoughts on the subject. I consider myself to be someone who has feelings for those who are less fortunate than I am and understand there are certainly things that should be done to heip others in certain sitations. But I also believe over the years we have boxed ourselves in with many of the approaches that are being used to heip.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      First, I think we(being our government), has gone too far in instilling a feeling in our citizens of "what are you going to do for me" rather than "what do I need to do to help myself". Remember President Kennedy said, "Ask not what my Country can do for me, ask what I can do for my Country". Where is the incentive for anyone to work to satisfy their needs if someone is going to give it to you free? When you marry and bring a child into the world you have signed on to provide for the well-being of your family. As we all know in many cases it takes both parents working or sometimes working two jobs to provide for your family. We have created a society that is becoming more and more dependent on someone other than themselves for their support. I detest someone who brags about how many children they have from different women.                                                                                                                                                       Much of where we are today finds its way back to President Johnson in 1964 and his "Great Society". I don't deny that many good things occurred during its early years, but over time trying to be everything to everybody has brought us to where we are today. It has become evident that we taxpayers cannot meet all the give aways that have been inculcated into today's society. Today there are 95,000,000 Americans "not" in the Labor Force, a number that grew 18% since President Obama took office in 2009. The National Debt today is $19,000,000,000,000(19 trillion) of which $9,000,000,000,000(9 trillion) was accumulated during President Obama's eight years. What if China decides to call in its debt? It should be evident to everyone  that this level of spending cannot be maintained. It is a known fact that Congress contributes nothing to the economy and we taxpayers are providing paychecks to the Democrats who are doing "nothing" to promote the well being of our country. As their employers we should be able to fire them. President Trump is trying to carry out the "will" of the people while the Democrats are "obstructing" his every move. Taxpayers are fed up watching their medical bills increase because illegal immigrants are being treated in emergency rooms and we pay for their care with higher insurance costs.                                                                                                                                                                                                            There has to be someone much smarter than me to propose a better way to heip those who are truly in need. Why should taxpayers be paying disability benefits to someone who is not disabled but is receiving the benefit because of unscrupulous lawyers? I suggest that the states be given the authority to establish a department or departments to evaluate individual needs and be able to approve benefits when justifications are found. The department should establish criteria necessary for an individual to continue to receive benefits such as evidence they are looking for employment, etc. The departments could work with the federal government in establishing such a network. Each state is in a much better position to determine their needs instead of having the federal government try to design one plan that will work for everyone.                                                                                                                                                                                                               This post may fall on deaf ears and many may feel it's a feeble attempt to offer any suggestions. If that be the case I fully understand that I may be whistling in the wind.