just heard on the radio that the new Pelosi sponsored “public health care bill” creates 111 NEW government agencies. that is 111 new directors, assistant directors, state field reps, staffs, secretaries, etc. etc. each of these agencies will now be applying for your tax dollars each year. here’s an agency that we cannot live without, “The Office of No Child Left Un-immunized.”

i try to stay pretty neutral on political issues because i know that there are folks in our churches that are passionate about both sides of any issue. and if there aren’t then shame on you. i don’t want a republican church or a democratic church. i don’t want a pastor telling me how to vote. i want to be part of a church where the people pray, seek wise counsel, and vote their conscience. that is what a republic is supposed to be about.

i am a fundamentalist at heart. believe the bible from cover to cover. (may disagree with the commonly held version of the creation story oops!, but I believe God did it but not through commonly held beliefs about evolution either {it was Martians }. be glad to discuss my wild ideas with you. stimulating conversation.) but i digress. politics is about personal conviction as much as faith in God.

anyway, where’d i start, oh yeah – public health care. i think it’s a bad idea. 1. don’t want someone else making decisions about my care. 2. i don’t think the country can afford the bill, and 3. the government has a LOUSY record of running the programs they do run. private agencies have consistently shown the ability to do with half the money the same programs that government does. when the government puts my social security money in a true trust fund and quits running off of it then i might trust them.

but that’s not the point either. the government runs somewhat like a lot of churches. the pastor is afraid to say no to the people and so there are dozens, yea maybe 100’s of programs that keep people busy but may not be leading to life change, or numerical growth. to me, if you can’t meet those two critiria the church should not be doing them. we have a governmental mentality that the government ought to meet all my needs. not so. the church ought to meet all your needs: if people gave the way they should (perhaps they can’t give because of excess tax) then we could cover health care for our community through the church, we could afford feeding and clothing the needy, we could afford schooling without private school prices and allow everyone a premium education. i could go on-and-on. but the bottom line is i want to be director of the Office of No Child Left Un-immunized.” sounds like a great job.

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