The Last Stand

The looming passage of Obama care is the denouement of America's exceptionalism. The threatened legislation goes to the fundamental view of government. Is the bureaucracy there as a benevolent hand up or is the malevolent potential of overreach innate? Our Founding Fathers and the framers of the US Constitution knew that government needed curbs to prevent tyranny and that is why the Constitution enshrined individual rights and placed strictures on the government itself rather than the other way around. In the America envisaged by our founders, we were free to live, make our own choices, and bear the price of our own mistakes. We could indulge in a sugary beverage or enjoy our tobacco at our peril if that is what we decided to do. If Obama care passes, the nanny state awaits.