06-29-2009, 11:19 AM
Wiener Poopie Wrote:The exact reason now is a good time to begin implementing the process. When American citizens choose food over medication!
I can understand that argument, but it's too late. Our healthcare system should've been overhauled a few decades ago, and every President has dropped the ball or passed the buck (Repubs AND Dems included). Same with thing Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. The pols never made the tough choices or put in the work that we expected them to. On the one hand, I'll admit it's somewhat refreshing to see the PotUSA trying to do something about it, even if I don't agree. On the other, however, I'm of the pessimistic opinion that we've dug ourselves in too deep. By implementing something like this, we're likely to drive ourselves further into debt that we'll never have even a glimmer of hope of getting out of. I'd be happier if there was some evidence that this program would be sustainable, but I haven't really seen that yet.
Where would we be without the agitators of the world attaching the electrodes of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?