Public Healthcare

[Jerba]

My idea?  hmmm...we give social healthcare a whirl and see if it works.  If it doesn't, we kill it, if it does we don't.  Could be kinda hard, but hey, worth a try. 

Sounds good, except fot the fact that I don't think I can name an 'experiment' in social policy that has ever been killed after being unsuccessful. The fact is once a government grabs a hold of something it won't let go. Thats why we should be careful about what we experiment with and more careful on who we experiment on! If we got rid of 'unsuccessful' programs there wouldn't be much of a social policy left! Boy, I wish we got rid of unsuccessful programs, a great idea. Too bad it won't happen, ever.  Reagan once said that a government program is the closest thing to eternal life on Earth, because it never dies! That is why you can't let them start...

And sorry that I haven't been around! Work has been nuts! I assure you I've been busy and not scared of Gil.
I don't know if I'll be able to go point by point as I was before but I'll try to get to your post Gil.

[sickofpalantirs]

there was the Banks of the US, but that was more fiscal policy. 

[Jerba]

SOP: True. It was also back in small government proponents such as Jackson were still around. Also, before lobbying, 'big business' and special interests got involved in politics.

And unfortunately the government owns too many banks now through TARP. Ugh.

[Gil-Estel]

And sorry that I haven't been around! Work has been nuts! I assure you I've been busy and not scared of Gil.
I don't know if I'll be able to go point by point as I was before but I'll try to get to your post Gil.

Never intended to scare you off....but since you mention it your self, are you? , hahaha. No just kidding, we'll see.

[sickofpalantirs]

There's still small government proponents.  That what is confusing about that time period, Jackson was a Democrat, but favored large military and small government.  He had the individual rights parts though.  When did the Republicans shift towards small government anyway?  we really should have more political parties...