Via Big Government.

Nobody is smart enough to centrally administer healthcare for millions of people, not even dead Austrian geniuses like me.

Sen. Thomas Carper (D.-Del.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CNSNews.com on Friday that,

I don’t expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life.

Carper echoes a similar statement by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) in July,

What good is reading the bill if it’s 1,000 pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?

I have already heard a lot of conservatives express outrage that the people whose job it is to legislate do not even pretend to understand legislation, and it’s certainly hard to disagree with that. However, what’s interesting to me about these remarks by legislators is how perfectly they illustrate why the gargantuan task of providing healthcare should be left to the spontaneous order of free markets.

If no single person can understand the contemplated healthcare legislation, then certainly nobody really understands what the consequences will be. 16% of the U.S. economy is a pretty big wager that they got this legislation right. And if we’re going to be putting our faith into something, I’d rather put that faith into the system that’s already delivering $1 double cheeseburgers, iPhones, $49 flights– and the best healthcare system in the world.

Friedrich Hayek described a free marketplace as “that which is the result of human action but not of human design.” He and other economists of the Austrian school describe how the price mechanism sends subtle signals that wordlessly induce the reallocation of resources in a way that deliberate centralized planning– estranged from consumer preferences and evidence of surpluses or shortages– cannot.

I can see how this all would be unsatisfying for somebody who a) believes in the perfectability of civilization through technocratic interventions; and b) wants to join the brain trust that will put it all into action.

But it works.

Perfectly? No, of course not. But better than anything smart people have come up with so far.

A spoof on Will Ferrell’s healthcare PSA from FunnyOrDie.com. Funny that these nobodies were able to produce something much more clever and nuanced than exorbitantly overpaid professional make-believers.

In a country where everything imaginable is bought and paid for on credit, why is it suddenly a national crisis if some people cannot pay cash up front for medical treatment?

Hopefully the Massachusetts government moves with the same celerity as Kennedy in his efforts to rescue Mary Jo Kopechne.

Oh yeah– that’s why.

Recognizing that proponents of the Democratic plan to overhaul American healthcare have not been assembling spontaneously in any numbers at town hall events to counter the protesters, the White House has defaulted to the “Forward” button on supporters’ email. (Virtual counter-protests are so much easier!)

I guess Axelrod is sensible enough to know that, among proponents of their healthcare plan, there is a deficit in the ardor that compels Americans to actually go to these events, stand out in the heat, and passionately and vocally make their beliefs known.

Dear Friend,This is probably one of the longest emails I’ve ever sent, but it could be the most important.Across the country we are seeing vigorous debate about health insurance reform. Unfortunately, some of the old tactics we know so well are back — even the viral emails that fly unchecked and under the radar, spreading all sorts of lies and distortions.As President Obama said at the town hall in New Hampshire, “where we do disagree, let’s disagree over things that are real, not these wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that’s actually been proposed.”So let’s start a chain email of our own. At the end of my email, you’ll find a lot of information about health insurance reform, distilled into 8 ways reform provides security and stability to those with or without coverage, 8 common myths about reform and 8 reasons we need health insurance reform now.Right now, someone you know probably has a question about reform that could be answered by what’s below. So what are you waiting for? Forward this email. Thanks, David David Axelrod Senior Adviser to the President P.S. We launched www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck this week to knock down the rumors and lies that are floating around the internet. You can find the information below, and much more, there. For example, we’ve just added a video of Nancy-Ann DeParle from our Health Reform Office tackling a viral email head on. Check it out: <Subscribe to the White House e-propaganda list to read the rest…>     This email was sent to a fishy, right-wing nut Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111