Rock-A-Bye Republic

'Glenn Beck': Who Is Donald Berwick?

“…He is your brand new head of Medicare and Medicaid services….You probably haven't heard of him because, well, President Obama bypassed the Senate confirmation process and just appointed him to the post. Enough of the pesky conference there in Congress.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,596382,00.html

In 2008 while speaking on the British health care system in the UK, Berwick said wealthy individuals must redistribute their wealth to those less fortunate for health care funding. Also during this speech, he told those in attendance that he opposes free markets.


“Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.” Donald Berwick

http://community.history.com/topic/13473/t/Flashback-Donald-Berwick---Redistribute-Wealth-Appointed.html?page=-1

Isn’t the quote by Mr. Berwick precisely why many are against National Healthcare? Medicare, by the way has a budget of billions of dollars (over 500 billion last year) and you don’t have the right to challenge his appointment before the fact. According to Beck, several newspapers mentioned what a battle it would be to get Donald Berwick appointed. Just appointing him was much easier. Can you imagine if the President did not have the media in his pocket, how loud they’d be screaming?

When are we going to realize that we have been lulled into watching our liberty be taken away in the name of safety (with President Bush’s help) and being “taken care of”. We act as if we are represented by this present administration, when they very clearly have a socialist agenda, like the redistribution of wealth? The majority of us don't agree.

Our country is great, in part due to a free market! I am all for a socially conscious agenda, where we care for and protect the less fortunate. I have a 5 gallon pot of soup on the stove now to provide for the homeless. By the way, I am closer to poor than to middle class, but I do my little part to help out.

Socialism gives the power to an elite group who ultimately are corrupt, because it is in human nature to be corrupt.

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” Lord Acton

"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny begins." William Pitt

When President Obama places people in positions of great authority to change our entire political system, he is swallowing a branch of our government, the Congress. Those are the people who are supposed to be representing us.

Wake up folks, the bough is about to break and when baby falls it will be too late.