Ogre’s Politics and Views

So, how much mental health care do you think you’re owed by me? No, seriously. Exactly what dollar amount of your health care for mental issues do I have to provide? According to the AP, as much as you want. Because if anyone can’t get all the free health care they want, that’s bad. No, that’s socialism and slavery.

The article linked above complains about people who “struggle” to find mental health care in NC. First, anyone want to guess the source of the problem? I know, that was an easy one — yes, it’s government. More specifically, it’s liberals and big government. Mental health used to be easy and common — when government didn’t so tightly regulate it, and private charities and churches were allowed to help. Then the liberals decided that mental institutions weren’t nice, so they were basically removed from the country. You see, those with mental problems needed to live on the streets and under bridges because then they were much better off. Of course, that also gave the liberals a natural constituency for their massive welfare problems, too.

Then the government started providing the services and spending money. Of course, government was incapable of proving any services for a reasonable cost (like anything else), so decades later government decided to send money to “community programs” to deal with the mentally ill. Does anyone else see the total insanity in that idea from the beginning? Politicians sure didn’t.

So now the government suddenly finds out that with the paltry money they’re giving to these community service groups, many whom apparently waste most of the money, that people can’t find mental health treatment. Gee, what do you know — government created yet ANOTHER problem when government tried to solve a problem. This shows once again that government simply is not capable of solving problems — government can only CREATE problems.

Want a freedom-based solution? Get government out of the way entirely. Government should not be in the business of taking money by force from people to pay for mental health treatment of others, period. Further, if you want to help mentally ill people, reduce government regulations massively on mental health. Remove government requirements on insurance for mental illness. And let any charitable organization who wants to volunteer to run a hospital and take care of people! I’m sure it would shock most liberals, but there are actually people who would do so in a minute — if government would let them. Currently, government WILL NOT.

That’s the primary reason people are “struggling” to find mental health care in North Carolina — because government provides crap for care and at the same time prevents others from providing that care.

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