[MKM1960]

Why is this so difficult for the Dems to understand. The entitlement plantations are failing and no one sees. When will someone on the far left and stand up and say the emperor has no clothes. Until that happens we will have this fight every four years. Sorry John you are not a forward looking politician you are just the latest wannabe massah.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Why is this so difficult for the Dems to understand.

They understand it perfectly well. But it stands in the way of their quest for power.

[brewer1516]

They do understand. They use the drug of Utopian idealism to lull the masses into a numbed stupor. Pliable.

I think this is a fundemental reason that conservatives don't understand liberals. The socialist Democrats want to centralize power in government and having a few die here and there (though a shame) is simply the cost of doing business.

Steyn alludes to the elderly being left behind in socialized medicine. The fact is that if a hospital needs the beds the elderly are sent home regardless of their condition.

So, anyone else here have a parent that was hospitalized when they were about 65 and lived healthy and happily another 10 years?

[bert]

....The entitlement plantations are failing and no one sees.....

But you must understand that those who died were not me! I'm alive and well, I'm at peace, I have free health care and numerous other entitlements. My neighbors are wonderful educated refugees from all over the world and they bring such intellectual diversity to our community. Yada yada yada, me me me