Although the myriad of progressive policies that have been proposed by the Obama administration might seem like they are new and exciting, the fact is they are nothing but old ideas repackaged and resold to the general public.

The idea of universal health care and national health insurance is nothing new. Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to champion these ideas and they were rejected by the American public. Ever since, progressives have been trying to find new ways to market the idea to try and get the American public to buy into the idea.

When looking at the history of something like universal health care, one can see that, when push comes to shove, Americans reject the idea of large scale wealth redistribution programs-and make no mistake about it, these are wealth redistribution programs-because the idea of tearing the top down in order to build the bottom up is fundamentally un-American.

But what about the overall effect of wealth redistribution? In order to get a good idea of where the United States will be with universal healthcare, the Waxman Markey Bill, and a whole host of other Obama policies, one needs to look no further than a game of Mario Kart.