Gracious losers? I don't think so. The Health Care Bill has finally passed and now the sniping from the Republicans has begun in earnest and will continue for the duration of this Presidential term and on forward…forever? The Republicans, in their entire history, have never seen a piece of social legislation that they have liked. And that same history will show that the Democratic Party, alone, has brought us the legislation that has made us a great nation, starting with Social Security (No, it's not broke; not even close…just another lie) and then the Civil Rights legislation. It's good to remember that when the Civil Rights bill passed, the Southern States all jumped from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in anger when they saw that all Americans were going to be treated equally. That alone should tell you a whole lot about the Republicans. In fact, we would all be living in caves if the Republicans had their way. Caves that they owned and we rented. Finally, the Democratic Party has begun to help all Americans with this landmark health care bill.
No, I'm not a Democrat. I don't belong to either party and wish that all political parties would disappear as they only create power and all power turns to evil after time. Disappear? It will never happen and so I will just have to live with it. But it does let me direct my anger or support to either side and that's a good thing. But, I don't see my support going to any Republican until they abandon this rigid conservative stand. Conservatism is evil. There is no other way to describe it as far as I am concerned. Balance is what is needed and that is Centrism. I am very much a Liberal but even I know that Centrism is the only thing that will work for all of our benefit. Centrist Party? Anyone? Anyone?
Me...pending a reading of the charter.
ReplyDeleteI can count you as a 'maybe'?
ReplyDeleteIn the end, this legislation will be more centrist than not, I think. Once the dust settles, we'll know more. Still, it's hardly a give away. People will still pay directly for what they get. That's not the case in countries with national health plans, by the way. They pay very high taxes for a wealth of free or almost free services, including health care.
ReplyDeletePaula; it's definitively not a give-away. But what is? I'm for higher taxes as it will cost us all in the end and that's how it's supposed to work; as a nation, as humans, we bear a responsibility for one another.
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