Seems Barak likes pizza. According to a little blurb that came across the wire today, the esteemed “progressive” from Illinois was interviewed by a 5-year old after a rally today. Let’s just copy/paste the article, eh?

“Crouching to the ground after a rally with 4,000 supporters, Obama briefly outlined for Hadassah his plan to provide health insurance for everyone and to improve schools. He also suggested to the first-grader that wealthier people should help those who are less fortunate.”

“‘We’ve got to make sure that people who have more money help the people who have less money,’ Obama said. ‘If you had a whole pizza, and your friend had no pizza, would you give him a slice?’”

I get you were talking to a kid, Senator, but I think it illustrates that you just don’t get it. What you describe to the young lady is called charity. Government is not charity. Government is a way to manage “donated” tax monies, not redistribute wealth.
For the record, I am the king of giving people a slice. I cook for people all the time. It’s great fun. But Mr. Obama’s delicious pizza pie reference doesn’t take one thing into account…your slice of pizza isn’t seized by force! The government doesn’t come to your house and take your damn pizza!

Yes, I want everyone to be insured, but not by threat of a government mandate and certainly not by having my money seized from me by a faceless Federal bureaucrat. Exhaust free market alternatives first. Don’t just jump into what is a “single payer” system, what will become a nightmare within ten years. Look towards Massachusetts, look towards Casey Cagle’s health insurance marketplace idea in Georgia. Look towards providing people choices in insurance instead of restricting who can offer what. There is your first step towards reform.

Instead of what Barak told that young lady, I would have gone with a different pizza analogy. How about instead of taking one slice and giving it to another, open up the choices of pizza parlors to choose from. This will help to lower the price of a slice. We need to open up the options. Everyone should be entitled to choose from a Wolfgang Puck slice, a slice of Dominos, a piece of the cheap $4.99 large pie from the hole-in-the-wall next to Office Depot, and everything in between. And let’s keep it basic–cheese as a base. You want some pepperoni, throw that topping surcharge into a pot with everyone else who wants pepperoni and pay for services that way, don’t charge the guy who just wants a plain slice. How fair is that, Senator?

Point is, let people choose, don’t restrict their ability to decide for themselves. That is the first step to reforming health insurance in the country. The last thing we need is another hand in the pot, especially when that hand has the gun of law enforcement.

Mr. Obama, I know that you are hungry. Campaigning against the Devil does that. Just keep your hands on your own plate…

Boy, look at all the delicious pizza! What if Pizza Hut said you can only have one type of pie? Think you would ever go back there again?