Friday, September 25, 2009

Who do conservatives trust?

I have had several conservative friends tell me that a public health insurance option is a terrible thing because the government can't do anything right and so we can't trust the government with our health care. If they actually believe this then how come they don't act like it?

If a conservative who doesn't trust the government has his house broken into, who does he/she call? The police? Cause that would involve them putting their trust in the government.

If a conservative walks into a restaurant and sees a high health department inspection score on the wall do they walk out of the restaurant because they can't trust the score since it was issued by the government?

Do conservatives walk everywhere they go? I mean how could they place the cars they worked hard to pay for on roads that were designed by and are maintained by the government? Surely a conservative wouldn't be crazy enough to use a public transportation system either, after all even the name contains a code word for inefficient big government, "public"

When a conservative gets sick do they only use herbal remedies since to take prescription or over the counter drugs would mean trusting the government's studies that help keep unsafe drugs off the market?

Say a conservative is currently looking to buy a home. How much time will they spend cursing the government for the low interest rates they can get on their mortgage? I mean the government sets interest rates in this country.

When our nation is threatened why do we all, conservatives included, all stand up and cheer our men and women in the military, how can you trust a government run entity like the US military?

How come so many conservatives support building new nuclear power plants when they will then have to rely on the government to inspect these plants to make sure they are running safely?

Instead of visiting a national park while on vacation would conservatives rather go to "The Grand Canyon Powered By Windows Vista" or "General Motors Smoky Mountains" or "McGeyserland"? I mean how could we trust the government with our national parks?

How many conservatives tell their parents or grandparents to refuse Medicare or to only go to one of the very few doctors who refuse Medicare since a government run health-care system like Medicare can't be trusted? How many older conservatives refuse Medicare themselves?

How come so many conservatives want me to be denied health care because they claim that government can't do anything right when they themselves don't seem to believe this?

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