A lot will be happening in Washington DC shortly and the KMA is planning a trip to visit our Congressional Delegation July 28th – 30th. If you have some time off work and can go to DC for a few days please let me know. We would be glad to have you. Just send me an email to president@kmakba.com and I can give you some more details about the trip. We will be there to discuss HR 1587 concerning the youth ATV’s and dirt bikes, EPA emission programs under consideration, smart growth bills currently up for consideration which may limit where or when you could ride, HR 1207 audit the fed bill and more.
There are lots of bills up for consideration which can have many negative impacts on motorcycles. The main one being discussed is the new health care regime that is being pushed by the Obama administration. Just on the surface it appears to be a bad idea to me in that what government run program have you ever seen work well? Just ask the folks who go to the VA for their health care how well they like it and how much red tape they go through to get it. Just consider this, the federal government took over a whorehouse in Nevada several years back due to nonpayment of taxes. They tried to run it and shortly after it went bankrupt. If they can’t even make money and run a whorehouse effectively then how are they gonna run our hospitals.
But that is just the surface of the issue. We have already seen in the hearings for this program that the feds think they can save $50 per person per year for every pound they were to lose for those that are overweight. If the government is in charge of your health care will they then be able to tell you, we will not pay all or part of the costs unless you lose 10 pounds or quit smoking or drinking? Will they be able to say you are not covered since you were not wearing a helmet when that other driver t-boned you from the side street. Will they be able to say you are not covered because you weren’t wearing a seat belt or speeding or whatever else they want to make up? Will they limit your healthcare if you go to the drag strip and race on the weekends or ride horseback, ski, fly your own small plane or other hobby? We have already seen the start of this in the private sector and have been trying to address it for some time now. The whole social burden theory plays right into this for whichever group they may wish to attack whether it be motorcycles, horseback riders, smokers, drinkers, overweight people, etc…. I personally am going to ask my Congressmen to oppose this program and would like to hear from you if the KMA as an organization should take up banner as well and oppose it also. There may be benefits but in my personal opinion the loss of my freedoms and the coercion that can be imposed by the federal government far outweigh any benefits I can see. The more the feds take over industry after industry the farther down the path of socialism we go. Please let me know what you think the KMA should do on this issue.
Another resolution you may find interesting HJRes 5 would abolish the 22nd amendment which limits the President of the US to just 2 terms. It was introduced by a Representative from New York Rep. SERRANO.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual… (Introduced in House)
Check out this video concerning the sovereignty of the US and the Second Amendment.
If the player doesn’t come through here is the link for it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9X2VbhSH9o&feature=player_embedded
Warren has been in the biker rights movement for some time and has some great articles from time to time on various subjects. Hope you like this one.
Jay