[Tamzee]

Or perhaps families did their duty and took care of one another. Without depending on the national government to pass another entitlement to 'fix' it.

Yep... sounds lovely. Too bad the country has moved far, far from that direction. If we want to move it back to the way it used to be we have got an enormous amount of work ahead of us, in the meantime the vast majority of the electorate has grown to expect government health care for those who don't have it.

[billbears]

Yep, that's that 'compassionate conservatism' we've come to know and love. Pay lip service to anything conservative, and continue to be 'compassionate'. All at the expense of the taxpayers of the respective states. Should have that stamped over the entrance to RNC headquarters

Meanwhile, we continue to move to the left, incrementally mind you, with no hope in sight of it stopping anytime soon. And the 25 or so brave Conservatives in the House that were willing to stand up to the White House's healthcare entitlement are ostracized and challenged by their 'leadership'

[My2Cents]

Or perhaps families did their duty and took care of one another.

Yeah, I remember that on the TV series "The Waltons."