These same writers respected and honored those that protested against George W.
We have whackos on both side of the discussion (I can say this since I am exactly in the middle, despite Obama’s claim to that position), and the radical left has just as many protesters as the radical right (think of the evils of Hitler versus Stalin or Abbie Hoffman versus the right-wing version since I can’t think of who that would be). The radical left has thrown just as many bricks through windows as the radical right. But 99.9+% of the protests against Obamacare have been peaceful and directed at the specifics of his new legislation.
Maybe we should have a rational conversation about exactly what Obamacare is and will do. Let’s stick to the specifics and look at the “savings” that it generates. A bill that excluded “pre-existing conditions provisions” in insurance would have passed both sides of the isle, but would have not changed the basics of our health care system.
This bill will screw up our health care system even more than it is today (the advocates always say that something had to be done – but never consider that it is possible to make it worse). Both sides limited their thinking to either a single-payer system or status quo. There were so many changes they could have made to actually move to a system where people managed their own care in a transparent, liquid system with plenty of choices and competition. But this legislation will move us closer to a single-payer system – the efficiency of the DMV combined with the compassion of the IRS.
What is the new law? Where can we see exactly what the 2,400 pages in the new legislation actually are? The plan has certain provisions that must be enacted within 90 days – will the administration achieve this mandate or just shrug it off to operational inefficiencies? I think the later.
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