When I say this phrase, it comes out "Hoosier daddy?" (which is approved by Wikipedia) or "who's yo daddy". Wikipedia says the phrase "is commonly used as a boastful claim of dominance over the intended listener." I've been thinking about this phrase and how it relates to our present day government. It's been rolling around in my mind for a while and I had the chance to explain it to one of my daughters this weekend while my son was listening.
As I explained to my daughter, "yo daddy" does things for you when you are young. He buys you things like clothes, food, shelter and maybe some things you want as opposed to need. As you get older, you find that "yo daddy" has certain rules. Rules for the way you drive, rules for where you can go and sometimes rules for who you can see.
When you borrow money to buy something like a car or a house, you accept a new daddy. The bank becomes "yo daddy." They make sure you keep insurance on your car, make sure you pay taxes for your house and will probably require you to risk some of your own money. They will likely look over your shoulder to make sure you're getting a good deal and not getting ripped off. FHA loans used to require extra inspections as "yo daddy" was stricter than most.
One of my daughters (who was the one hearing this) decided she didn't like her daddy's rules and decided to move out on her own. She's learned that some of her daddy's rules weren't all that bad after all.
Now, the government wants to step up help people in a lot of new ways. I'm convinced that universal health care is coming, we just don't know the style it will take yet. There is already an expanded health program for children, there's a promise of new medicine from stem cell research, new foreign policy, etc. The question comes up "hoosier daddy?" What rules will "yo daddy" have for you to live by?
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That might be a bit deep.....or maybe I'm just crazy...but I hope we never get universal health care, or as I call it, socialized medicine. It might only be my opinion, but I look at all the models, most notably in Europe, and see how well they are doing, which is to say, not at all. Under that system, the government dictates who can and who cannot have certain procedures. In some cases, you are forced to wait for a relatively simple procedure. While you are waiting, you die. I don't like those odds, not one bit. I'd rather see honest doctors doing honest work, without people suing them for stuff that is not their fault. That alone cheapens the value of our health care system, which is the best in the world. If you can somehow eliminate that flaw (junk lawsuits), you can revolutionize the entire system, because doctors won't need so much insurance, which in turn will lead to cheaper healthcare, which in turn will lead to healthier people.....I could go on, but won't for sake of space and time.
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