Letter: If 'public option' works so well ...

I always learn so much when Ron Lowe writes letters to the editor! Tuesday’s lesson  (Nov. 3) is: “Without a public (read: government) option, there is no competition...”

In this case it’s health care. That must be why the best, highest quality, most sought-after health care on the planet is so expensive: because there is not a government-run player on the competitive field.

Let’s extrapolate this obvious theoretical fact to other areas of the “public option.”

Have you seen the price of gasoline lately? I can’t wait for a “public option” oil company to stimulate competition and drive the price of gasoline down. Maybe President Obama can put that on the agenda for his second term.

How about groceries? After health care and fuel, maybe the government can provide a “public option” grocery store chain. (Back in my starving college student days, the government always had the best cheese and butter anyway....and they gave it away for free, too!)

I’m so glad our wise and benevolent masters...er, leaders in Washington, are working so hard to provide for all our earthly needs, almost free of charge (to “us”). Just keep taking away from the engines of industry that create the wealth, and give it to those who keep voting to live off the fruits of the labors of others.

The problem with this theory is, sooner or later, you run out of other people’s money.

Joe Caputo
Marysville