Town Hall meeting held by Constitutional Patriots

You want to keep God out of the classroom, out of the courthouse, out of the bedroom, out of the OB/Gyn clinic....but the minute the subject changes to capital punishment or wealth re-distribution, lo' and belold: You start whipping out Christ and using his teachings.! Well, guess again - we are NOT a "Christian Nation," we are a secular nation. The Bible can be no more a basis of governance than the Koran. We are governed by a CONSTITUTION, and nowhere in that document will you find anything about the federal government having the power to take over the helthcare industry OR re-distribute wealth.

What exactly is your major malfunction? We spend more and get less out of healthcare than any other country (as % of GDP). We're the only first world country without socialized medicine. And we rank triple-digit low in healthcare in the world. This Adam Smith line of thinking should have died with the sub-prime mortgage. Capitalism favors the rich. If you're not rich, educate yourself and get on board before you get sick. I'm a social worker. I deal with a lot of the people that you literalists despise. You know what? There is such a thing as cyclical poverty in this country. Deal with it. No one s having a town hall, and it's darn unfortunate, because you people won't let anyone actually discuss anything. You're nothing more than thugs and should be treated as such. I wish I'd known about your meeting so I could've been there.

Your true colors. Wow, how can you look in the mirror? Your Father "spent your inheritance" staying alive. It's hard to go out for dinner and a movie because you can barely make ends meet. What a blood sucking attitude to display. You are part of the problem. Rather than remember your Dad, you display anger because he "spent your inheritance". You refer to Jesus. How about this -- "honor they mother and father" What a low life you must be and perhaps that explains why you are diabled. But if you are diabled, and living on the public dole, why do you think dinner and a movie are okay?

Only some nights it is hard for you to go out and have a nice dinner and a movie. That's really tough. Sounds like you don't have it to bad if you can go to a restaurant some nights and a movie. Try using that money to buy your own insurance. I'm paying for my own and I don't go out to eat so I can pay for myself. Try it you might like it.

Yes, Jesus said to help those less fortunate. NOWHERE did Jesus say that it was the government's job to do that. In fact, when he referred to "rendering unto Caeser," he specifically said that we have an obligation to "render unto God the things that are God's." So I gladly give money to help the truly less fortunate, either directly or through bona fide charitable organizations. I simply don't want the government skimming off the cream to feed the massive Socialist bureaucracy that Obama and the Democrats are trying to create while protecting the lazy, incompetent slugs who have done nothing to provide for themselves and their family.

"my father died he had spent my inheritance by just staying alive for a little over a year." Wow, what a great kid you where. My Father is 80 and healthy, he is also quite well off. I would rather see him live and spend the entire fortune on himself (either to stay alive or travel) than have it for myself. He has a living will that I will honor when the time comes. Your Fathers money was HIS. I hope you have greedy kids that treat your money just like you treated your Fathers..... Heck, let him die so WE GET HIS MONEY. Disgusting.

Apparently you feel that everyone else should be helping you instead of you taking responsibility for your self. Your father's money was his. An inheritance is a gift not a right of passage. There are a lot of people right now that can not go out to a nice dinner and a movie. Pick yourself up by your boot straps and take some resposibility! Unfortunatly many Americans feel the way you do. I have worked since I was 16 years old, and so have my 4 siblings. I am now 56. I don't expect the government to take care of me, and quite frankly I am tired of taking care of people like you. So go ahead and praise the almighty Obama, and lets just see where this country is headed.

NO NO NO and h3ll NO! This is part of the problem. So many sorry, lazy people think they are entitled to "government cheese". This frees up their cash flow so they can spent their money on nights out!? Leave me out of your health care issues. I have my own battles to fight thank you very much.

according to your line of reasoning......you should be "put down" also. You are an unproductive drain on our society. You said "since I was 43 I havent worked a day", "And this has been my life for the past 14 years. I personally do not believe or think that way. The constitution does not state anyone has a "right to DIE" but it does say everyone has a "right to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". It doesn't say it is my fiancial responsability to take care of you or provide those things for you.

OK. You have not worked a day since you were 43 and it appears that has been 14 yrs ago. I assume you are on disability as you state your disability stopped you from working. My mother is on Social Security but it is very little income. She lives with me. I work 40 hrs per week; am gainfully employed (at least for the moment - we have had layoffs), and my job is not real safe right now. I have a problem with what you say - "Some nights it is tough to be able to go out to a nice dinner and a movie because I can barely make ends meet". If you can barely make ends meet, how can you go out for any kind of dinner, nice or not, and a movie? I have not been to a movie in years. Rarely go out to eat. I don't get it. My mother also has cancer. My mother was a single mother who raised myself and my sister alone with very little child support. My sister and I are 49 and 52 respectively. My mother was NEVER on any kind of government assistance. It's not that she did not need it or could not have used it - she had no help and never asked for it. Probably would not have received it anyway. She worked 40 years in a factory on a production line. I do not want to take part in any kind of government-run health care. If you folks do then that is fine. I want no part of it. The thought of being forced to do that burns me a new one! Some people say that is not going to happen, but I believe NOTHING that Obammy, his cronies nor his minions say. NOTHING! I know there are folks out there that do - GOD HELP YOU. It is not up to Obammy nor his minions on how or when someone dies. When it is your time, you are going no matter what happens or what you do, how much health care you have or don't have. I can rest easy at night in the thought that my vote did not put him in office. January 20, 2013 - the end of an ERROR. God help us all because we are going to need it. Just wait and see.

Clevenative, "He would honestly been better off just laying in a bed for the month or two that it would have taken for him to die rather than keep him around shelling out over a hundred thousand dollars..." Sounds like you are simply bitter that your inheritance was cut short. How would you have recommended the hospital speed things along? Starve him like Terri Schiavo ??? Or a FORCED Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)???

I rarely agree with these comments, but for once i have to. Yours is well thought out and puts plame on both sides of the aisle in Congress...not just Dem Haters or Rebublican Bashers. Both are to blame. Thanks!

GREAT idea! The best thing that could ever happen to this nation would be for us to once again embrace self-reliance and individual responsibility. The only people who should ever qualify for long-term government assistance are those who are truly disabled, do not have family, and cannot provide for themselves. Other than those unfortunates, we should all follow the basic premise often credited to John Smith at Jamestown: "If you don't work, you don't eat." The same can be said about improper preparation for the golden years - if you squandered your money and didn't save and invest, then don't complain when they aren't so "golden." BTW, if you don't like the sounds of democracy and have a problem with the First Amendment, I'd suggest you move to Cuba or North Korea. This is the United States of America, and we're not shutting up to facilitate your Socialist take-over.