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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (7755)	7/24/2009 9:25:35 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

To which I'd add not just "why change must come", but why the specific change their supporting would be likely to be seriously beneficial. "when a group proposes to significantly change a major part of the economy, an essential part, it is not up to the naysayers to offer an alternative, but to the proponents to rationally describe why the change must come. I don't think anyone is arguing that we don't need change... the cost of our current system is proof. To which I'd add not just "why change must come", but why the specific change their supporting would be likely to be seriously beneficial. I'll agree it looks like things are really getting nutty in this bill. It looks to me like there are 3-5 things that are really significant... and may reduce costs. The rest is just throwing shit into the wind... maybe good, probably bad. And important scuff left out because of special interests. I hate the legislative process in this county... political party agnostic. It's exhausting to watch this stupid shit on both sides.