government to work to make insurance and healthcare more affordable. This is a noble cause as long as you do not discard prudence and fiscal responsibility and respect for private property. First, it is not a power granted by our constitution to government to run healthcare, second it is theft of my hard work to pay for others (yes I know that we do a lot of this already but that does not make it right to do more). We have to relearn to depend on our initiatives and stop asking government to do everything because the more it has the power to do to help the more it has the power to harm. We an agree and plenty of things that could be done right now to improve our 'working' system, things that would improve affordability and extend coverage. Democrats don't want to improve on what is working. They want to destroy it so they can build their utopia. History shows us that utopian dreams end in death and destruction - look at the French revolution. Robert | 11.11.09 @ 9:35AM I believe what has happened to this country is that collectively we have stopped doing for ourselves and look to someone, whether it be schools, politicians, health guru's, etc., to tell us what we should be doing, and to do it for us. Just like cancer this crisis has sneaked up on us, and now we are wondering how this could happen after we have neglected our responsibility