It is a wise rule to resist the beginnings of evil. - Horace Scudder, The Book of Fables and Folk StoriesThe story of the camel's nose tends lately to be a bit overused. But it is an apt allegory for most of the programs foisted on us by the government. What appear to be reasonable legislative acts often become, over time, burdensome and costly. The current discussion in particular -- health care reform (so called) -- is a case in point. There has been a concerted effort all summer by American citizens to let their representatives in Congress know that the reform as given in HR 3200 is not wanted. But Congress and the president are determined to come up with some kind of reform and force a government run health program on the country. So Congress has heard the protests, and they are now trying to come up with some kind of watered down plan that will be acceptable to both the right and left in congress so that it will pass. The problem is that once any such government run program...(Read Full Post)