Land of the controlled and abused!

America was once called "The land of the free." Today that description is far from truthful. For example, our government makes it illegal for us to purchase many products, and requires us to pay for permission to buy many others. One of the most heinous violations of our freedom and privacy is the government sponsored monopoly of the American Medical Association, AMA. They hold legal power to authorize or prevent individuals from purchasing medicine that may be needed to relieve suffering or prevent death. The primary purpose of the AMA monopoly is the same as all monopolies, to limit access and thereby raise prices for its members. Our government makes it a crime for us to purchase medicines or medical treatment without permission from the abusive and expensive members of its legal monopoly. Millions of people can't afford the exorbitant prices charged by the monopoly as its members get rich on the backs of the sick. Millions of people die when they can't afford to pay for permission to purchase medicine they need.

The poor aren't the only ones to suffer from the abusive monopoly. A news story today reports that Rush Limbaugh was arrested for failing to carry paperwork on his person which demonstrated that an AMA member had authorized him to posses a popular medication. "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida.,,, A sheriff's office spokesman said it didn't have Limbaugh's name on it, but that of two doctors." For failure to have the proper paperwork the blue gun thugs captured and imprisoned Limbaugh, a very abusive exercise in police state tyranny.

I find it very offensive to have to submit to the physical abuse of the process at doctor's offices, particularly when I am in pain or suffering from disease. I find it very offensive that I am prohibited from seeking services from competitive providers. I find it very offensive that I am not allowed to purchase medications that I may need without first paying $100 or perhaps far more and convincing a member of the AMA monopoly to allow me to make the purchase. America was once a free country. Until the end of the 19th century the medical business was not a controlled monopoly. Until the end of the 19th century there was freedom in America.

Today I can find on-line all the same information that doctors have about each medication, what they treat, what they are used for, and what cautions I should know. If I want the advice and counsel of a doctor, fine, let me go find one and hire his help. If I don't want one I should be a free man who may make my own choices, good or bad. My choice is MY RIGHT, not the control and domination of an abusive money grubbing government and it's monopoly. None of us are free men while our very lives are held ransom to an oppressive monopoly. Pay or die, pay or suffer, pay and pay. Many people can't pay and die. Many more men in particular are offended by their abusive monopoly process and refuse their services and eventually die. Land of the free? Poppycock!