Freedom Watch: 8/5

" Yet we're running out. Congressman -- we're joined now. By Daniel -- I think you know wonderful British member of the European Parliament. Startled and educating the world my speech that he gave war. -- In the presence into the base. Chancellor Gordon Brown and Daniel -- welcome back to freedom watch. Thank you for having -- back on one of your favorite American heroes congressman Paul is here with us. Speak for his congressional office and Texas because you're standing where he usually stands in the rotunda of the capitol building which does talk about that health care. You have live and room to adulthood. The British national health service. Which you wish that on pre market like we have in the United States. "

" I wouldn't wish it on anybody we have a system -- The most salient facts of -- you get huge waiting lists you have -- survival rates. You would much from the full ill in the US and UK energy if you get. Cancer and heart disease you get stroke fight is on the chart design page you -- going to be healthy and you pay him off. Why do we stick to the UK because there is such a huge vested interest are so many people now who depend on it. We have one point four million employees and managers and I think it's the third biggest employer in the world off to the Chinese red army. And the Indian national railways and that means that electorate it's almost impossible to get the thing. Even. Most of those employees are administrators. Bureaucrats from -- businesses and even the news that people in the system the people working for it. All ruthlessly exploited because this monopoly and and a very badly paid. -- that is such a -- conservative blogs and in the sense of being resistant to change that it's it's something -- almost -- for the ticket got rid of and that's -- you know. Don't believe -- you're watching this program don't think you can experiment with wants one of these things and and reverse -- it doesn't look out that's not happen."

" Congressman -- one point when you went to law school and even that generation afterwards it's like the greatest kids in the class. What you do when you went to medical swimmers -- for the last weekend doctors. You think we'll have a shortage of doctors you think they'll be an incentive. To enter the medical profession. If the federal government tells you how to practice medicine if the federal government operations medical care. And at the federal government limits what your income can be as the position under sentence centrally manage them planned. Health care system like they have in Great Britain."

" But I don't think that would be the first reaction I think the quality of the person because and medicine will go down. Hand that will not that benefit the patient but eventually there will be a shortage. Give away we already have shortages it's hard to get a doctor. To work full time in a veteran's hospital -- government hospitals and it's very hard to. Get people are getting Medicare right now even a member of my own -- say they're having trouble getting it the only position because. They just don't want massive bureaucracy of the Medicare system so no it it's moving in the wrong direction is gonna be more difficult to find the doctors."

" And mr. Hannon do the best and the brightest become. Physicians and Great Britain. Is there a shortage of positions as a consequence. Of either you work for the government or you or you get another job."

" Some people become positions just a political unit and I don't want to imply that because we have about system it doesn't contain good people. A lot of very generous very patriotic people become doctors even though that working and assistant that doesn't maximize that utility. Because they have a according to to help other people and say that that's gonna happen and cool site that and we did it becomes an argument for the system because people come confident that basically I experience and -- that failed in this is condemning kinda. It -- the doctors couldn't have been more professional. As as that is something exceptional rather than what you could expect. That as a as a matter of simple statistical facts. We have many fewer -- he's -- head of population value in North America or indeed the man in the insurance based systems. In continental Europe we have and immigration all. Physicians for home. The UK to the US and as I'm -- asking from us because people want to be an assistant went the list goes -- to my shoes."

" Congressman voted the American people whatever tolerate. The type of rationing. That would probably occur with the central planning of health -- was watching a piece by our mutual friend. John Stossel on ABC. The other night actually John sent it over here I saw it before it was broadcast. That there are there are large sections in Canada. Where there are there is such a paucity of health care. That the town clerk actually has to pull names out of a hat. So that when the visiting position comes by once a month -- name here she pulls out of the hat. Gets to see the doctor. And everybody else waits until the next month's lottery could you on the edge of anything like that happening under the American people accepting it."

" Now you know. It's hard to -- I think so well others are gonna go to the underground economy."

" But this pulpit anger that we're experiencing right now and how upset the American people are. If we can paint and take that energy and -- the people you talk to recently in the large crowd. What we have news channel that energy to convince them that a free market system is quite capable taken their knee and there they need. Not only doing inadequate job but better than anything the government and its that that to -- is where the bottom line is what we have -- side but. Is simply institute a whole new system and the American people get really really angry and -- about it you know in ten years from now than it much more difficult."

" It changed things that's why we do have a critical thing going on right now politically and hopefully we sort it out and not make this thing so much worse."

" Congressman -- before -- let you go. There's millions sitting next -- it looks like younger cancer virgin you. Line -- I. And a beaming in here say thanks a lot. I think he's gonna make some national announcement on the Fox News Channel a couple of hours. I'm not sure what it is there anything you wanna say that's good looking guy yeah to a position."

" I think I'm going to make sure definitely doing because he had everything that medical practice area he's in good positions. IE I don't tell -- what to do -- his own man but what -- doing I'm sure reasonably good job."

" Congressman Paul thanks very much for joining us until next weekend freedom watch -- that can happen is still with us I'm joined by doctor -- all with a worthless son in law. And an ophthalmologist and stuff -- join my mind. Good friend and freedom watch her regular leadership. Who's the president Euro Pacific Capital. Mr. -- Back to you. The American. Government -- actually having some difficulty. Gators of course and expert on this you know a great deal about it selling bonds. I mean it was able to borrow 86 billion in 2006. It's only been able to -- its -- better able to borrow. Eight or nine billion so far. Is the British government having trouble. Getting foreign countries that banks to loan it money like we are. Oh yes absolutely I mean all our recent bond sales have failed to bring in what was expected."

" Effectively win now printing extra money and sending it to ourselves. We've I kind of Zimbabwean style inflation coming. For the reasons that we've run out of money it always happens when and if -- in -- for long enough they they take over from conservative government has -- that the books include order. And they say great we've now found the right to go on the spending spree. And for awhile it'll seems fantastic and then eventually you come down with a bomb which is where we don't know treasury -- exhausted. And our country becoming a -- so we actually had an editorial in the Zimbabwean newspaper saying look at the economic mismanagement -- The -- is money that printing and and even the excuse that we have the west struggling with the international sanctions on the law. You know I I didn't think there was any news humiliation -- brown -- my country but being achieved by Zimbabwe because that I economic mismanagement that really is a kind of and you know that I just say this this connects to the previous discussion we. About health outside because the main reason that person has run out of money. Is that for ten is we were raising taxes from the productive if they -- In order to employ more and more people on the state they have -- And the single biggest recipient of that walls the national health service. And when ministers talked about investing in health they meant basically. Taking on more people in these administrative positions. You can't be repeated to wolf. That figure one point four million people at the NHS and the administrative staff outnumber the medical stuff and those are the ones who have been the big beneficiaries all. All of spending. And as a result of that. We've run out of money odd thing is the amazing thing health cat will not improve in consequence because since he spraying more money at something. When you're not doing it in and an organized and methodical way. Doesn't improve -- so this is the difference between a properly irrigated fields and a flash -- that actually washes away the topsoil. And destroys the Tennessee when -- this. The government massively increased the terms. Available to GPs and contracts suddenly they almost -- that salaries. Results will keep peace human beings like -- LC and even announcement with you. -- stops working such long hours. Because they could earn more money for working -- for us in other words the additional tax payers money pumped into the NHS. Wasn't just useless it was actively home commitment hey let's good service to the consumers. And the patience and that I'm afraid is what happens when ministers for you to micromanage. And to put themselves into folders between the patient out. -- era practice. Practicing. Politics. You're considering running. It's. Like to use the health care. Perspective. Of the practitioner. Should the president's program. I think the problem is going to be numbers."

" Positions but we already seen in have seen the exodus from Canada that you talked about earlier -- the Canadian physicians are coming to Kentucky. In fact one Canadian position is going to be hosting a fundraiser for -- said well. You better do it soon because it looks like your system has followed you down to Kentucky. And that's where we are worried about it we've tried some of these reforms before. We have health care reform in 1994 and Kentucky. And they legislated what policy you could sell. We had 37 insurance companies and 35 of them left the state we left with two insurance companies. Because they told us if you were 75 year old widowed woman you've had a pregnancy coverage or everyone had it in vitro coverage or everyone had of this coverage. -- the disease diabetic coverage exactly indication having exactly -- the decisions are no longer than the patient or the consumer of insurance what you wanna buy the government tells you what you can -- and the choices are limited. And that's also part of the health care plan that the house has been talking about the talk about pages sixteen in nineteen. The only policies that will be -- old. Will be those that are approved by committee. My father always says the more benign sounding the title of the bill the more ominous the contacts."

" It probably is Peter -- Social Security broke Medicare broke Medicaid broke the post office broke Amtrak broke through the list goes on and on. What makes them think after -- today and talk about the British model after listening to John Stossel talk about the Canadian model that they could."

" Managed health -- in this country 300 million American arrogance and hubris that you can come up with that it is -- Maybe stupidity. Would be another way network and and it's not just these programs -- well. The country's broke they've bankrupted everybody. -- pursuing these programs and now you know what we keep on doing and we're gonna do it until the whole country whole system comes crashing down around us. Because the only reason they're getting away with it now. Is because the Japanese and Chinese and saudis and everybody else is an NC it. But that's gonna come and that's coming is that look at the dollar again today in new low for the year it's not long before the world's -- a lot."

" He has any semblance of a free market. In Great Britain for health care whatsoever. And -- so it's accessible. Well once you got it down this road socialized health you tend to squeeze out the independent providers because of course. The non government provided can't compete. On that level playing field with the one that sparked by attacks that. So what happened in person is that we introduce. A national health system alongside what was at the time in the 1940s and a vigorous private. Market. But private insurance can -- down to the very fringe so. Fewer than 10% of the population can powerful private insurance because it's so expensive physical server isn't. Enough of a market that to have genuine competition. And and and low prices and basically what private insurance has become. Is the way for wealthy people to buy themselves a place to prosecute. So they go along wanting -- operation until by the NHS is going to be twelve months until it depicted in. So if they can afford it cynical today insurance they -- private and they often have. The same procedure. In the same institution with the same session but they can get it the following week because they've they've thankful that way and having already but -- with their taxes than it. The national health profession and yet I I find it amazing jump on here. In the US. Here in the capital. Having to talk about this issue of free people whose country was founded in the name and calls of no taxes and the personal independence and national sovereignty you know I think I've I've been in Washington old and I mean I've been replicating that scene in mr. -- American grandparents and -- at the memorials of all the people who might. Political -- might be thinking back to what it was they Stifel. And what they wrote into the constitution that still governs this nation and it just it -- would they be thinking now to see you having a revolution. For the -- all. Tax is everything -- the popular consent. -- and being passed in a way that are accountable to the government being made entrepreneurial -- everything else thing. If they could see this profusion of design isn't massive executive power in bureaucracies. Already having taken over some of the economy that thing about that you're not proposing to take -- health care as well. You know if you could hear a clicking noise at ten years since the ghost of Jefferson."

" During his stay obviously it would be discussed and in fact it probably would have immediately disarm its stuff was that the British system. -- I'm sure the British would be treated us much better as a colony look how good they -- bon cop. I think would be much more prosperous today -- colony of Great Britain. I'm gonna tell you I think if anything it was it was probably the case is -- very unpopular thing to say. But it was probably the case that if you go back to the the original -- policy. A similar majority in Great -- would be sympathetic to the games that the colonists as. People in North America it's difficult to measure that the calls person wasn't. Functioning parliamentary democracy at -- time we had a very restricted franchise. Handled those who had the votes there was a majority coalition. But to the extent you can measure it through things like a newspaper circulation. Petitions. It seems that the population person. Walls sympathetic to the ends of the American patriots' in about the same proportion of the population of remarkable site. Two thirds to three that the war where in favor of it before echo what are -- doing in Washington."

" Well other than paying homage to the -- sent Patrick and it is. -- I'm I'm writing a book about what's good about your system and why we should. Not copy but I think that his repatriation. On revenue. Bring back the idea is that inspired you'll colonial villas and and we import from -- system. The the precepts and the political. Techniques that have kept the government's mole and the people free. Open primaries discuss jurisdiction states' rights lower taxes the election public officials. The legislation controlling the executive all of these things which were originally possible British political philosophy that's happening being lost in our country. And that's why I'm so desperate can -- when I see them under threat in your country. Because I look at America is a British Patrick icy precision -- thriving here in a way that they continent not a country I think it's say if they govern America than we really ought to."

" I've said this person it's on national television. Far better understanding. Of human freedom and the American system. That almost everybody that works within a quarter mile radius of where your outstanding. Picture on the maybe those two of Mexican makes it. But thanks very much for your blessing you know telling you it was an English accent which makes it sound a lot smarter it does a lot better I think -- our voice that that one of art yeah thanks very much for joining us. Until thanks again if these."