Casual Comments by Glen E. Hargis
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“The people hate their government, The G.O.P. hates Democrats, And Senators hate the House.
I was wrestling with my Muse over what to call this piece. How about this ditty?
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But that sounded overly judgmental — not that it wasn’t true, mind you — but it SOUNDED harsh.
“Why Healthcare Reform Croaked” seems too early an obit.
So p’rhaps we’ll just let Comments speak for themselves this time.
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Having seen, up closer than I’d like, how our current healthcare delivery non-system kills people, repairs are a must. Great as the need may be, the likelihood of fixing anything grows more miniscule by the day.
Why is that, exactly?
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Maybe because our elective Solons are so busy working on getting reelected — saving their phony-baloney jobs — that they’ve little time to devote to the people’s business. Giving us what we think we want being more important than giving us what we really need.
Maybe because it is more important that opponents lose than the wider interests prevail. Am I saying that Republicrats hate their opposite numbers more than they love their country? It sure seems so at times.
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Nota Bene: The foregoing rant should not be taken as condemnation of or support for any political group or position. In my current mood, however, “a pox on all their houses” would suit me just fine.
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Not so very long ago, Healthcare Reformation seemed like a done deal. But that was before voters in the People’s Republic of Mass. elected Cosmo Centerfold and Republican Scott Brown to fill Teddy Kennedy’s shoes. Sure, it might bring on that rebirth of bipartisan spirit in the land. It is equally likely that the heavens will roll back like a scroll and the second or first (depending on ones cosmology) coming be proclaimed.
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In the world as we know it, there might be Healthcare Reform if (and that’s a mighty big IF) the supporters of change manage to leverage the rules with some political jujitsu and pass it on a simple majority vote in the House/Senate reconciliation process.
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Even if the reformation comes to pass and proves to be an unmitigated disaster, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. We can just keep hammering away at it until something does work. Slip fitting has always been my shoddy way of doing things. Don’t see why what works in my narrow arena shouldn’t work in wider ones. — G.E.H.
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