Is Paul Krugman right? Does the healthcare reform bill represent not so much the Democratic Party's political defeat of the Republicans... many would assert that; many would deny it vehemently... but an American triumph over the worst of fearmongering to which we have been subjected? I welcome your opinions (within reason, of course): are we better off for this vote, for more than just a political victory? I am uncertain; the resulting bill has some terrifying flaws. But if it is indeed a first successful challenge to the politics of raw fear practiced by the GOP in recent years, it may be worth it. As a body politic, we really need to move past that abject, irrational fear; any such step may be a good step.
Nothing is ever simple...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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i maintain that the democrats used fearmongering to get progressives and liberals to go along with this travesty.
ReplyDeletealso, i bashed krugman about it, as i see him as one of the few who had a big enough megaphone to have told the truth about this bill from the beginning.
This so called Reform Bill is an outrage, a sell-out of working people, low income seniors, and will decimate the Democratic party, which I am proud to say I've left after forty years. Check out this opinion: http://piraterick1.blogspot.com/2010/03/defeat-in-victory-democrats-health-care.html
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