Thursday, August 23, 2012

Healthy Politics Makes a Healthy Community

I believe that it was within the first or second month of writing this blog that I realized the connection between politics and health.  If the people want something unhealthy, there are always others who could provide it for them.

Unfortunately, we are living in a time when an unhealthy provision is not only available for those who ask for it, but is shoved down the throats of those who would choose against it if they knew they had other choices.  As we speak, there are monopolies being created in the system; therefore those who would prefer another choice don't have one easily available.  There are so many examples of this happening right now when it comes to health:  GMOs, nationalized health care, vaccine mandates, cancer treatment, raw milk sales and this is just the beginning.  These are only SOME areas where we have little or no choice.  I keep reading these bummer articles about how corporations are using the government to close in on us practically forcing us to choose "them" instead of the companies that we want to choose.

I have great hope for a healthy nation.  The beauty of unsustainability is that it can't last forever.  The scary part of unsustainability can be summed up in one question: How much damage will be done when it collapses and who will be forced to reap the disadvantages of the irresponsibility of those who suppose to lead our country?

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