Put Their Tithes to Work
by David Atkins ("thereisnospoon")
Lost in the hubbub over the hooting and laughing of the Tea Partiers' "Let Him Die" audience reaction during last night's debate was the utter insanity of Ron Paul's actual answer to the question:
No. I practiced medicine before we had Medicaid, in the early 1960s, when I got out of medical school. I practiced at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio, and the churches took care of them. We never turned anybody away from the hospitals," said Paul to additional applause. "And we've given up on this whole concept that we might take care of ourselves and assume responsibility for ourselves. Our neighbors, our friends, our churches would do it. This whole idea, that's the reason the cost is so high. The cost is so high because they dump it on the government, it becomes a bureaucracy."
Republicans are very serious thinkers when it comes to economic issues. First, they advocate bartering chickens for healthcare. Then they advocate that churches cover the medical expenses for long-term coma patients.
But then again, why not? Ron Paul reportedly attends a conservative Baptist church in his Galveston district, so presumably his church is taking care of its parishioners' medical bills as he so ably recommends.
Since Rep. Paul won't disclose exactly which church he attends, I suggest that Hullabaloo readers send their medical bills to their local conservative Baptist church, or better yet to random Baptist churches in the Galveston district, along with Ron Paul's quote. Here are a few, pulled from the conservative Southern Baptists of Texas website:
Central Baptist Church, Galveston
5302 AVE R | GALVESTONTX | 77551
Island Baptist Church, Galveston
11279 STEWART ROAD | GALVESTONTX | 77554
Calvary Baptist Church, Texas City
517 18TH AVENUE N | TEXAS CITYTX | 77590
It would probably be the best use they've ever made of their tithe money. Ask them to do their patriotic and charitable duty, and tell them Ron Paul sent you.
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