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[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Change for the sake of change has a good chance of being worse than where one started from.

Sorry Kevy, but that's a defeatist attitude with a prescription to remain in the dark ages perpetually.

Progress depends on taking chances, and moving to new ideas, even though ALL ideas must contend with the flaws of human nature. Are greed and other foibles of humanity any less prevalent in the current system of lousy health care?

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Sorry Kevy, but that's a defeatist attitude with a prescription to remain in the dark ages perpetually.

This depends on whether the idea of change fits with what you think is best or not.

I would suggest a change to our border policy with a wall and armed military patrols (especially considering the violent incursion into AZ by Mexican drug runners in which the border patrol and or reserves were forced to flee for their lives), because obviously our policy is not working. However, that is met (not by you, necessarily, ISM) with great disdain by a very vocal minority.

My money will get a far better return in the private sector than going into the social security "lock-box" (bwhahahaha - lock-box. right). I suggest privatization now of a failing system. This idea is met with sheer panic in any form.

The examples of such things are endless.

So my suggestion? Let's get back to the constitutionally mandated functions of government first and make sure those are done correctly. Starting with controlling the border is great.

Social utopian ideas are great but impractical and they fail to meet their desired goals every time. The founders knew this well when constructing our Constitution. So how about we stick to that? I don't see government retirement or government health care or even government schools in it. I think the public education system is broken. I think social security is legalized theft and the biggest pyramid scheme ever constructed. So I want to trust the government with my health care? Hardly.