For those who are readers of Nicholas Kristof's column, today's was on access to health care--what else? It points out that access to health care was greater in this country in the mid-1940s than now.
If you're into the comments that follow these editorials -- veritable treasure troves of Q statements -- check out the one numbered 109 among the "highlighted" comments in blue following Mr. Kristof's piece. Here's the link:
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/opinion/18kristof.html
I'm still seeking a free downloadable copy of Samuel P. Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations?" Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993, vol. 72, the article that became the controversial book of the same title. But I'm having inexplicable trouble accessing the article via our library, which is very strange. But I'll not give up as it is to supplement our reviews of Friedman on Monday night, the 22nd.
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I especially like no. 5, "don't be afraid of government." Why are so many Americans so easily frightened by senseless crud like "Dems are seeking a government takeover" of 1/6 of our economy? How is it that 40% increases in premiums charged by health insurance companies don't get the rap that a five percent increase in income taxes get? With the boneheads who are rallying outside the Capitol now, listening to the likes of Michelle Bachmann and others who insist that this effort to extend health care to 30 million more Americans is somehow un-American, how is it that we got this whacked out?
ReplyDeleteI'm supposed to have this stuff figured out. But I honestly don't have a clue what gives rise to this irrational fear of government. You'd think this was a totalitarian dictatorship where the gestapo are stationed on every corner, except they are hiding as Democrats. Someone please help me understand this phenomenon so step 5 is attainable!