Reply #11: I hope you have a better counter argument than that. [View All]

[kenny blankenship]

Republicans have a formidable record at winning name-calling contests.

We have to convince people at some point that it's time to create new and better traditions. Health care isn't the only problem where overcoming the inertia of AMerican Traditions will be critical to gaining real improvement. There are also environmental issues where American Traditions of property rights obstruct progress. There's the issue of job creation where the American Tradition of letting capital go wherever and do whatever the hell it pleases is draining our economy of jobs. In healthcare we can counter with the history of wiping out diseases like smallpox and polio. That was a public effort and it took government to organize it. We can build on examples like that and expand them into new traditions. Leaving small pox and polio alone and letting everyone face them on their own individual initiative would have meant thousands of people being killed and disabled in each generation. We departed from tradition there and the result was a benefit to everyone. We can do the same for health care in general.