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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Following proven to work models is as old as time.
I understand the mistrust it's from centuries of Americans doing everything on their own and only seeing the successes and based on a model that in reality never worked. As we move into the 21st century some things are obvious.
We cannot rely on the private sector to look after us. The hated Nanny State, is the only option. The problem is who will pay for it and how is it going to be shaped so people don't abuse it or get cast aside?
What Americans pay for Health Care, which ends the day they stop paying, is absurd. Should Obama of just stood his ground and built a similar model to the others that work and showed who was stopping it?
Is he strong enough?
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again, you dont want drama but you bait for it like crazy. Make up your mind
answering your last question first: No, he is not strong enough. He lacks the drive necessary to push through his agenda and he cannot resist the dollars floating around Washington from big pharma and the insurance lobby.
he would also lack support in Congress both from his own party and from an opposition party that has been against anything he is for...even if they proposed it first.
The Senate is so lazy and scared that the threat of a filibuster shuts stuff down so it does not come up for a vote. The American political system is broken but broken in favor of incumbent representatives so they have no motivation to fix it any time soon. More over when a party is in the majority they do not want to fix the issues that a minority party can pull to effectively shut down the government because they want to retain that ability for when they are in the minority.
the cumulative effect is that no one is working for the best interest of the American public who have been duped into believing there is a difference in the two parties. The only real difference is the flavor of the bat shit extremist on either side
for the record and full disclosure... I am a bat shit extremist liberal on a LOT of issues facing the US and a moderate on a few others