From Self-Reliance to Servitude

From:  Town Hall.com

From Self-Reliance to Servitude

http://townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2010/10/20/from_self-reliance_to_servitude



We use a variety of yardsticks to judge whether our country is on the right track. Is inflation up? Has unemployment dropped? What’s the stock market doing today?


Here’s another one: Are Americans, who have long prided themselves on their freedom and self-reliance, becoming more dependent on government, or less?

It’s a yardstick we seldom check. But we should.

Consider health care. Before the 1960s, Americans who didn’t get their insurance through work typically got it through civic organizations such as churches and social clubs. Now they’re more likely to get it through government public programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The result? Greater dependence on government. . . . . .