The health care debate has taken a step in the right direction. Democrats and Republicans have agreed to actually talk with each other for the first time in years. If we can get them to be real, we might get somewhere.
The Republicans are too busy playing mind games to effectively explain that our social obligations have played a part in destroying the economy. Europe’s economy has fared even worse than ours. A larger percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP), the measure of a country’s economic performance, goes to social programs.
On the other hand, Democrats and most independents understand that the unregulated free market pushed us to the edge of economic collapse. Skyrocketing health care expenses played a major part. [Read more...]
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