I hope we havent reached this tipping point although sometimes I fear, as you do, that we have.
The important distinction to keep in mind is that the Social Security Act was passed in the midst of the Depression. The vast numbers of the elderly, disabled, and families with dependent children living in poverty were immediate beneficiaries of the Act. Remember too that the unemployed also received an immediate benefit from the Social Security Act since it provided unemployment insurance benefits. Overturning Social Security would have been impossible at that time.
Our situation is different. The majority of Americans oppose this law. The vast majority of Americans already have health insurance and probably doesnt see a tremendous benefit in this law. We should take advantage of this situation and pound away on all the weaknesses in this law. These two Congressmen proved that it is possible to predict the effects of this type of legislation with amazing accuracy. We should point this out to the liberals and do likewise.
Our Free Republic profile contains a more detailed description of our blog, Delta-Man. In short, we launched our blog shortly after Obamas inauguration in order to push back against the torrent of destruction unleashed from the flood of dangerous policies pouring forth from his administration. In August of last year, we started to post excerpts to this site from some our Delta-Man columnists. I hope you find our posts always informative and sometimes humorous.