It's part of what I disagree with.

The main function of government should be to protect the natural borders of the country.

It should also protect and assist in the building of the infrastructure of the country.

It should ensure fair competition in the business infrastructure of the country.

It should protect industry within the country, and ensure fair and equitable trade and negotiations with other countries.

The functions of government should not include providing for my healthcare, social security, or welfare.

That being said, I also believe strongly in charity, that we are responsible for our fellow man, but that those donations should be voluntary, not compulsive. And we should be more than willing to donate.

The problem with our country is that the government is taxing us so heavily that we can no longer donate freely.

If you add up your sales tax, income tax, social security contributions, gas tax, excise tax, and property tax, I think you would that we're probably paying out about 30-40% of our income in taxes. And the government still runs a huge budget deficit.

100 years ago, we did not have an income tax, social security, and socialized health care. All of that occurred in this century.

So, is the government spending our money efficiently? What do you guys think? Do you think they would spend healthcare dollars from larger taxes any more efficently than the market would? I think not.

However, I think socialized medicine is probably inevitable in this country, because medicine has done a wonderful job of pricing itself out of the market. That being said, if we can provide large pools of private insurers for small companies and the poor, then it would be preferable to a large national "single payer" plan.