re: #177 ArmyWife

I’m happy to help define fiscally conservative, but I can’t imagine health care being a part of that definition. It isn’t a “right”, and I’ve seen first hand just how well government run health care works. It isn’t pretty. Roadways and sewer systems make sense - health insurance for all? not so much. A strong military? Put my tax dollars to work!

Perhaps the first step is defining the role of government?

Maybe not a “right” so much as a “safety net”.

And if government run health care has not worked well, say at the VA, let’s fix it and not just moan about it.

Not saying it’s easy, but let’s not be afraid of the work.

I’ll repeat again, both parties were all ready to do health care in 1993, until Hillary excluded the Republicans from planning and negotiations. The rancid taint of the Clintons still poisons relations between the parties and has lead to disasters like Pelosi - but they see it as a great victory, now that they have the White House and a supermajority in the Senate.