The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

When I see the near violent reactions to a health care bill that is of little substantive consequences and only minimally changes the status quo, I fully understand what Franklin Roosevelt meant when he said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". Health care is not working well in this country in terms of incentives and cost controls. But it is not broken so much that people will accept real change. The current bill will likely slightly improve things for some and slightly worsen things for others, but overall is using a squirt gun to put out a forest fire. Unfortunately, the bill probably is not so bad that the system would end up broken enough to lead to a real substantive change for the better. At some point we have to move beyond fear and back to a place of courage and individual responsibility that built this country.

The source of all evil is fear. The antidote to fear is faith.

I am working to walk in faith instead of fear.