It seems we have a government who increasingly, since the establishment of this great nation, feels that in order to ‘promote the general welfare’ thinks that it needs to generally promote welfare—for all.
Typically, when an American family comes across hard times, it makes the difficult choice of doing without. The normal response isn’t a shopping spree at the local mall. The painful truth is that there isn’t the money to cover the expenses, so the sacrificial act of getting by with less now is preferable to sacrificing a whole lot more down the road, when crushed under the weight of debt.
But apparently simple mathematics and economics escape our illustrious government representatives. And I’m the first to avoid blaming a particular party, because both the GOP and the Dems share the blame of shameless reckless spending and arrogant unwillingness to curb their over-spending addictions. It’s been over a half-century in the making, and it seems our disconnected leaders are suffering from a severe case of denial. Reality means nothing, so in this vein of fantasy I propose some ideas that our current administration should champion with expedience and zeal.
GroceryCare. Yup. How can we possibly talk about the right of millions to Healthcare if they’re not first fed? What kind of callous government can overlook the daily plight of every American? Before we can even speak of someone’s personal health, we must teach him or her to fish, or at least, give them some fish. Ok, a lot of fish, and plenty of hearty vegetables, and fruits, and fluids rich with anti-oxidants, and multi-grain bread to sop up the trans-fat free butter that must be on everyone’s grocery list.
Yes, we Americans have been fooled into thinking it all starts with Healthcare. We need to stand up and demand GroceryCare. It is the first step to a healthier citizen who can praise his or her government for realizing that no one should ever go hungry. And that way, we will never bite the hand that feeds us. Give and we shall receive, oh Government. Please, take away our cornucopia of grocery stores. We don’t need all of those choices. Feed us and our bellies will be full as well as our hearts—brimming over with gratitude.
And along these lines, I propose that in order to enable us to exercise our right of GroceryCare, it is glaringly obvious that we also need GasCare. How else can we get to that single source of government-issued sustenance without a means by which to get there? So, our very health is dependent upon the government’s gracious extension of another sacred right of ours—to have gas. Can you imagine what kind of health ramifications there would be if we couldn’t get our food? If we couldn’t get to our jobs? If we couldn’t travel like everyone else, freed from the constraints of costly (global-warming causing) fuel? The stress that we save our bodies, and thereby committing thoughtful preventative healthcare, is incalculable (kind of like the Stimulus Package’s effect on our economy).
But one cannot possibly broach the subject of Healthcare without the means by which so many of us make it by, every day—Credit. So, in light of the millions of Americans who are without good credit, or are seeking better credit options but are left without a way to have what others have due to the poor state of Credit, I propose PlastiCare. Yes, nearly every day, we Americans are defined by our ability to swipe that plastic. Think of all of the anxiety that can be eliminated if people know that the government is taking care of their plastic. Health experts would certainly see a sharp increase in individual and collective happiness as the barriers to materialism are leveled. The government’s been living off of credit for decades, seemingly without consequences, why shouldn’t the debt-strapped American public? Let’s subsidize it and ensure that PlastiCare gives hard-working citizens (oh, and the lazy ones too) a sense that there’s no limit to what can be achieved…I mean, acquired.
So, I beg my fellow Americans to think beyond just HealthCare. There’s a world of rights we haven’t claimed for our own. Let’s jump into that same river our elected leaders have thrust themselves into. The current is fast, furious and irresistible. Let it take us away. For we know we have a government who has already charted the course, has navigated its tumultuous turns, and will, in the end keep us all above water.
Then again, this was a literary exercise in fantasy.
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Ryan is an Emmy Award winning broadcast design and branding professional in Atlanta, GA.
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