Meeting with Congressman Levin

When pondering what I would say when given my audience with the Congressman, I realized that my appt. comes after a long string of appts. over several days where a large percentage of the people will likely be expressing the same concerns about the Healthcare Bill as I might like to, which will give the Congressman opportunity to hone his answers & shoot down what he might consider to be lies and 'misinformation'.


Interestingly, in my research, I came upon a 1981 transcript from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in relation to Income under the Federal Tax Law (Lavin v. Marsh - 644 f.2d 1378) which states: "Persons dealing with the government are charged with knowing government statutes & regulations, and they assume the risk that government agents may exceed their authority and provide misinformation." See Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill, 332 U.S. 380, 384-85, 68 S. Ct. 1, 3-4, 92 L. Ed. 10 (1947). Yes, this is all legal jargon that most of us do not even dare to try and understand, and as I stated above was in reference to tax law, nonetheless, interesting that the new buzz word - "misinformation" being used by those in the Obama Administration is the same word used in relation to government overstepping their bounds!

Something else I came across while preparing for this was a newspaper article from a local Pastor, David J. Bostrom who had the most sensible arguement against the Healthcare Bill that I have heard to date. The major points of his article are as follows:

• "Health is an individual and family responsibility. No one should be under the illusion that if we get government healthcare that we'll be a healthier population. The biggest overall factor for good health comes down to individual & family decisions."


• "There is no "right to healthcare". We have a right to appeal to others when we are in need, but we have no right to demand they help us."


• "Charity is voluntary. The giving of charitable help is to be done by individuals (and organizations they may form). Charity is not to be compelled by the State. Forced charity takes from one & gives to another."


• "The States primary responsibility lies in protecting life, liberty, and property."


• "A government-run health care system would give the State greater authority as it would necessarily assume the power of life & death." (i.e. the provision of universal tax-funded abortions & involvement in the inevitable rationing of care.)

The bottom line is most people are satisfied & like their health insurance. And as for the bigger picture, regarding Healthcare, Cap and Trade, whatever, is that there is already TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT! Our government should not be dictating to us how our healthcare should be handled, or what kind of car we should drive, where we send our kids to school, or anything else.

We are still "One Nation under God (not Government) and it's time for them to take their HANDS OFF!

(My appointment has been moved to 4:45pm on Wednesday. If you are inclined to pray, I will need the wisdom of God!)