Reply #5: Cutting to the chase... [View All]

[Cirque du So-What]

The obvious lesson is that the balance of opinion in the Republican Party has swung far to the right of where it used to be. Republicans once believed in market-based government solutions. Now they are suspicious of government solutions altogether. That’s true even in an area such as health care where government, through Medicare and Medicaid, already plays a necessarily large role.

As for the Democrats, they have been both pragmatic and moderate, despite all the claims that this plan is “left wing” or “socialist.” It is neither.

You could argue that Democrats have learned from Republicans. Some might say that Democrats have been less than true to their principles.

But there is a simpler conclusion: Democrats, including President Obama, are so anxious to get everyone health insurance that they are more than willing to try a market-based system and hope it works. It’s a shame the Republicans can no longer take “yes” for an answer.

I've actually seen (ostensible) Democrats on this board claim that members of Congress are being duped into supporting the HCR bill by the repukes in a political game of 6-dimensional chess - an ultra-elaborate jedi mindfuck trick. Supposedly, repukes love the bill because it benefits the insurance companies, and they're voting as a monolithic bloc AGAINST it for political cover. Many, many millions are being funneled to lobbyists in order that astroturf campaigns get organized against HCR, but it's all just political kabuki theater.

Is this conspiracy theory *really* something to which you stake your analytical reputation?

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Please consider employing Occam's razor before making rash statements that defy all logic & reason. It slices, it dices, it makes mincemeat of logical fallacies.