"Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead, the Witch is Really, Really Dead"
In case you haven’t heard, the White House is now talking about an insurance company sponsored Co-Op program to provide coverage to those that currently don’t have it.
In other words, despite the President’s world class communication skills and the disappointing level of understanding on the part of so many Americans, the idea that we’ll receive better care at a lower cost by replacing free market competition with governmental bureaucracy is swiftly being laughed off the table.
Ronald Ragan 1961:
Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program. One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can't afford it.
