03.21.05

Government Waste

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:24 am by trueepicure

I had to shut NPR off this morning. You have to understand that if I shut off NPR, it had to be really bad.

It wasn’t because it was NPR, it was because of these ridiculous politicians who masquerade as government officials and members of Congress. I can’t believe that we are even discussing the Terri Schiavo case as a matter of government policy. I am ANGRY that Congress thinks this is something that they should be involved in. If you listen to what they are saying, it has more to do with their personal issues of morality than anything else.

As a person who has had to make health care decisions for an immediate relative, specifically my father, and who had to decide what measures to take when he was terminally ill, I have very strong feelings about who should be involved in those decisions, and it most definitely is not the government. I don’t necessarily believe that the decision Michael Shiavo has made is the right one, but it is my understanding that he is legally the only one who can make the decision. The courts have made several decisions in his favor, and this should have ended.

As a person who has spent the last four years training to become a public administrator, I am embarrassed to say that I work for the government right now. Congress is using their power to make a decision for one family. I wonder how much money it cost to hold a session last night for 3 hours, or whatever it was. That was taxpayer money, by the way.

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