Thanks - I copied that Reagan quotation as my facebook status tonight.
There are quite a few problems with the so-called ObamaCare. First of all, socialized (government-run, single-payer, public – you pick your favorite term) nowhere worked as promised. Not even close.
Secondly, the discussions are not conducted in good faith. Proponents are naming a few real and a few imaginary issues and then claim they will solve them if they will get a complete control over medical decisions and over the money flow. It’s snake oil salesmanship at its worst.
What is tangible – unlike the feel-good promises of “taking care” of us if we surrender ourselves – is one thing: some inaccessible bureaucrat will be a judge, jury and an executioner with no possibility of appeal. You’ll pay, but they will decide how to spend money better. And those decisions – consider the heavy government debt – will surely not be medical in nature.
There are real ways to solve problems and there are no less real ways to concentrate power under the guise of solving problems.