GSP On TV
After the Rothman Listening Session in Wallington, I was interviewed by RNN-TV for their show ‘Richard French Live.’ Here is their report (which skews left in my humble opinion). I appear at the beginning of the second part.
I think the reporter’s comments that people were closed-minded about the debate were silly. Why on earth should we be open-minded about government intrusion in our lives? Should we also be open-minded about the 1st Amendment? Should we be open-minded about putting criminals in jail?
There are some things in this life where there is no gray area. Our Founding Fathers made it clear that the national government only held certain enumerated powers. The national government is supposed to protect our liberty – which includes our property; or that which we have created and/or earned. When the government takes away our hard-earned money to pay for someone else’s health care then we are losing our liberty and the national government is doing precisely what it should not be doing.
The RNN reporter needs some lessons in constitutional principles before making a statement that people ought to be open-minded about offering health insurance. The Founders didn’t intend senators and representatives to be insurance salesmen. They intended us to be free and for free enterprise to be just that – free of government intrusion.
By the way, I didn’t have a ’script.’ I went to the listening session with armed with facts in order to make my case as strongly as possible.
