On Feb 22, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Trent Shipley wrote:
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Republicans would have to be suicidal idiots to play ball with Obama
and
the Democrats on health care reform. They all involve increased
interference by the Federal Government in the health care market,
which
is a cultural no-no in America. (Leaving people uninsured is also a
no-no. Basically, health care reform runs afoul deeply held
contradictory cultural values. It is not a problem for which there
is a
satisfactory political compromise.)
Until the cultural values change. Which I believe is happening.
The people who are against federal government "interference" in the
health care market are *not* the people who are against leaving people
uninsured and at the mercy of profit-based health care systems. The
former are a dwindling, if increasingly vocal and still somewhat
better connected, minority, and the latter are a disorganized but
increasingly savvy majority, and sooner or later that balance will tip
one way or the other .. and I see it ultimately tipping in favor of
strengthening the safety net for people that a purely profit-driven
health care system tends to let fall through the cracks. Maybe I'm
too optimistic, but that's how I see it.
This conflict has many other aspects, though, and runs far deeper than
just the health care debate ..
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