AS I LISTEN TO THE "DEBATE" ON HEALTH CARE AND OTHER POLICIES...
I AM STRUCK BY THE IDEA THAT THE TWO SIDES...THE PROGRESSIVES AND CONSERVATIVES AREN'T EVEN ON THE SAME PAGE... NOT TO MENTION DEBATING THE SAME ISSUES...
PROGRESSIVES ARE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO EVERYONE... MAKING JOBS...OR TRYING TO HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR JOBS AND PRODUCTION...
CONSERVATIVES ARE TALKING ABOUT "LIBERTY" AND "FREEDOM"...AND "BIG GOVERNMENT...!"
CONSERVATIVES ARE TALKING ABOUT ABSTRACTIONS... IDEAS AND NOTIONS...THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH POLICY...
WHAT IS "FREEDOM" IF YOU ARE SICK AND DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE...
WHAT IS "LIBERTY" IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MEANS TO MAKE A LIVING...BECAUSE THE ELITES HAVE SHIPPED ALL THE PRODUCTION TO A CHEAP LABOR ECONOMY IN ASIA FOR BIGGER PROFITS...?
WHY DON'T "OPTIONAL WARS"....OFTEN UNWINABLE....ALSO CONSTITUTE "BIG GOVERNMENT."
CONSERVATIVES HATE GOVERNMENT AND SAY IT'S INCOMPETENT...THEN...WHEN IN OFFICE THEY PROVE IT BY PROVIDING INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT...
IS GREED AND LOOTING A PUBLIC POLICY...OR AN APPETITE OR SICKNESS...?
MY CONCLUSION AS THIS "DEBATE" UNFOLDS...IS THAT THE TWO SIDES AREN'T EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS...
DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE...AND UNWINDING THE BUSH ECONOMIC AND MILITARY DISASTERS...
AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE BULLSHITING ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENT...AND "FREEDOM" AND "LIBERTY..." AND OF COURSE THEIR FAVORITE NEW IDEA..."NO!!"
WELL...GIVE ME A FUCKIN BREAK...
I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS CRAP...!
