Obama reportedly appointed a man to be Ebola czar who has no medical or disease-related experience. He was a political connection of Al Gores and Joe Bidens. Doesn’t this revelation prove the point that government cannot be counted on to resolve such problems? Klain was appointed not because he really possessed the ability to “prevent and cure disease,” as an Ebola “czar” presumably would do. He was appointed because he was politically connected. But why else are politically appointed people appointed? Why are we shocked when people appointed to important positions for political reasons are … well, political? Let’s look deeper here. What does it mean to appoint a “czar” to make sure a disease does not break out or spread? I don’t feel safe with a politically appointed “czar” in charge of such a thing. In fact, I know it’s nothing more than a clunky, naive illusion. Does anyone really think that any politician we elect — from either party — knows of a czar who can prevent or quickly fix an outbreak like Ebola? What we need to prevent or address Ebola — or any other health crisis — are two things: private research, and private medicine. Pharmaceutical companies who produce vaccines can be counted on to deliver the goods far better than any hack who knew Al Gore and Joe Biden who used his political connections to get himself elevated to being a “czar.” Throughout this crisis so far, private companies and private entities have demonstrated rational behavior in attempting to prevent the spread of this disease. This has all been done no thanks to — and even in direct contradiction, at times, to the orders of — the CDC. It’s no wonder a majority of Americans have so little faith in the CDC. But do they grasp that faith — not reason, science or proof — is the only thing such federal agencies have going for them? What is this fascination with “czars” by the way? Doesn’t anyone know that a Czar refers to the hapless Russian kings who ran that country so poorly that Marxist Communism actually seemed to make sense to those poor people at the turn of the 20th Century? How did the land of Thomas Jefferson, the U.S. Constitution and James Madison become a system where people now aspire to be “czars”?
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:08:30 +0000
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