I attended the town hall meeting in Delmar, NY.  The meeting was civil with bursts of boos and applause. The crowd seemed pretty even pro versus con. You could see the buses for the rent-a-mob from AARP and a few other groups. There were enough police, including obvious “undercover,” to be obvious to anyone. I guess if a plain clothes guy starts feeding a police dog water, you’ve blown your cover. They certainly were eyeing the pro-freedom side funny.

I got to ask the first question of the whole event.  My question was basically, “are members of Congress willing to guarantee their plan’s success under penalty of death?  Since there will be shortages, and people die, doesn’t that constitute murder? and shouldn’t they pay with their lives? If they aren’t willing to back their plan with their lives, why should we be expected to?”

It was a question of accountability.  Congressman Tonko didn’t offer to guarantee the plan’s success, and refused to accept responsibility for the plan’s failure. So, I can see he has no courage of conviction.

It was nice to meet other hard-core pro-freedom Americans.  They really exist.  This town hall meeting did more to bring them together and build their contacts and organization than it did for the left.  The leftists were weak and speechless at times.

A lady wanted to tell me her experience with the system in England.  I really didn’t want to hear it because she said the patient stacking issue is all propaganda. Well then, why should I not think her “experience” itself is not her propaganda? She then got deeper which was great. She said, “well, its just mean mean mean to not give care to the poor.”  I was ready for that.  I told her I don’t care about those who have no health care. It’s not my obligation to pay for other people’s care. It’s their own responsibility. I don’t mind being mean.  I don’t want them to steal my money! She thanked me for my honesty and moved along.

Another communist called it selfish to deny care.  I told her, have you heard of the book “The Virtue of Selfishness?”  She didn’t like hearing that!

These meetings have a lot of potential to create the hockey stick effect of a hard core pro-freedom movement shed of conservative corporate state worship.  It was a great day for liberty.

Lorenz Kraus c 2009

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