EDITORíS NOTE: The following letter, a copy of which was sent to the Daily Planet, is addressed to MoveOn.org (cc: Michael Moore, who directed the film ìSickoî):
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There is NO SUCH THING as free health care ó STOP lying to We the People!

However, we know why you lie ó itís much easier to sell something to everyone when they think itís free.

Using children as a bait buzzword in order to encourage Americans to support socialistic health care is a typical political tactic. Just know that these efforts of yours will serve the long term anti-American effort which has been destroying our country for a very long time.† Our children and grandchildren can look forward to living in a new country called Amerika, where everyone looks to their mommy and daddy government for handouts and protection, which it will do neither effectively.

The reason why health care corporations and insurance companies get RICH is NOT because of capitalism!† Itís because our government has gotten involved into another area in which it has no business being.† Government legislation has allowed large corporations to squash smaller competition with ease, and ties the hands of everyone in the medical field to fit a socialistic mindset and modus operandi.

Since our federal government got involved in the health care business, We the People can no longer shop for medical care on the merits of price and performance, like we can do with many other services.† Such restraint is the antithesis to a capitalistic free market, and is fundamentally anti-American.

So now you people are advocating the government gets MORE involved?† You are completely nuts to think socialized health care is the answer to our nationís health care problems.† But if you are going to advocate such a disastrous anti-American agenda, at least have the guts to call it what it is:† NOT free health care, but SOCIALIZED health care!

In liberty (if you have any idea whatsoever what liberty is... and no, itís not granted by our government!).

BERNARD CARMAN
Asheville
Carman is chairman of the Libertarian Party of Buncombe County.