Talked to a friend yesterday for THREE HOURS on the phone (now, I know men don't have THAT kind of dedication to chatting, but WE GIRLS DO!!).

She was able to give me incredible motivation on what my husband and I are doing for the Church, because of the graces God has given her.... having been open to the life of poverty for the sake of serving the poor and for Pro-life for many years.

So, God worked through our friendship to help others and it didn't cost me a thing. I'm way cheap, so I LOVE that. In return, I upload photos for her and help her with postings for her ministry.

That is just one example of the sort of community that we are developing around us as we move forward with serving the Church on a grander scale. I think the real job we all are being called to these days is the spiritual work of creating a community of servants everywhere we go (smacking of Saul Lewinsky, isn't it? "What's good for the goose...").

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." I believe it was a CATHOLIC who said that (giggle).

Suddenly I want to wash someone's feet.

Anyway, the point here, in relation to this article, is that we could all be pitching in and helping others around us who need a dr. visit, medicine, etc.

Socialism is only a bad thing when it's forced on us, especially by Big Government. Voluntary socialism is a-ok!!


Except from American Thinker.

"Larry Summers, the Obama administration's Director of the National Economic Council, spoke at The Economic Club of Washington at their April 2009 meeting. C-SPAN was there, and at roughly minute 41, Summers said the following:"

"'That's why health care reform is so important because a large fraction of the federal budget is health care and if health care spending is growing three to four percent a year faster than the rest of the economy then there is no way that the federal budget can be under control. And if you try to control federal spending without controlling overall health spending you know what's going to happen. The people in the federal programs aren't going to be able to ...'"


"Then he paused before continuing:"

"'The health care system isn't going to want to serve the people in the federal programs. That's why the health care agenda is crucial to the long term financial sustainability agenda.'"


"I think it is obvious that Summers was going to say that "the people in the federal programs aren't going to be able to find a doctor if you have Medicare," but he rephrased it before his original thought came out of his mouth. When he talks about overall health spending, he is including all public and private entities that reimburse physicians and hospitals. Federal spending includes just Medicare and Medicaid."