Obama's "socialism"

I'm playing the Devil's advocate here, but why is everyone so against Obama's health care reform? I love how the people who are against the reform are saying all like, "omg it's so socialist!" What the hell guys, this is not socialism. I know, I know, some people say that by having the state able to control a major institution like the hospital and such, we'll be too dependent and stuff on Obama, and he could break us in half if he wanted to.

Really guys? Really? |: What he's doing right now is erasing the economic barrier for getting the health care humans need to survive. Is providing vital necessities so socialist? Should I take away your food and water too, because providing them would be too socialist? The society has gone so deep into capitalism that it's pretty dang stupid to consider any type of fairness as socialist. Yes, it's true that Soviet Russia failed miserably, but this doesn't mean America's going to be like that.

Yeah so the major corporations like IBM and Microsoft will lose more than a few bucks funding the poor folk's health care. What is a couple million going to seem like for IBM? Then people are going to complain about how the plain folk (aka us) are going to be digging from the graves of our wallets to fund for such poor folk. You know, this could be remedied quite easily if a new tax law was in place according to the incomes of individuals (and companies) instead of just putting a state-wide tax law that kills the lower folk.

We're in 2010, and we're depriving people of their vital needs because they don't have enough money. Doesn't this sound absurd and, might I say, morally wrong? Using money to determine the value of a life: what type of message is that going to send to the future generation?

PS. I'm Canadian. I love my health care. I'm a normal citizen. I've heard of stories where Americans broke their legs and that's $30k down the drain. In Ontario? The health care covers it. So yeah tease us about our igloos, but at least we'll be treated for hypothermia for free rather than sleeping on streets with frost bite on our noses.

I may be studying sociology, but really, it only takes one and a half brain cells to figure out that Obama is not trying to steal rights from citizens. He's trying to give them opportunities. Placing a price on health, rather, is taking away the right to life. Some food for thought.

My next post might be about the Afrocentric schools or the newly introduced watered-down curriculum.