First, we have to realize that Conservative philosophy is similar to religious philosophy and that is "hard times". Conservatives want government programs to fail. Conservatives spend money on war so there won't be any money for social programs. The "Terror color chart" that was implemented had but one purpose and that was to instill the idea of struggle, of causing people to continually have a worry on their mind.
Similar to the Christian religion where people are constantly reminded they are sinners, that they are not good and deserving. The Conservative philosophy works on the same principal. Struggle. Life is tough. If/when one hits hard times don't expect any help from the Government. That's just another take on the old religious idea of "it's God's will" and people are to endure, to struggle.
It is a sick philosophy. It causes people to become selfish because they know no one will help them if hardship strikes. People become private, closed, skeptical of others.
The best thing Obama has done is implement the medical plan. Rather than being an option, rather than discussing if the country can afford it, the topic now changes to the government being obliged to afford it. Now other things fall into the option category.
Recall Cheney commenting about the Iraq war saying we had the option. We could afford it.
It's time things changed. It is no longer a question of the government being able to afford medical care. It is now their obligation. The conversations switch to whether the government can afford a war or afford to cut taxes.
From individuals having to chop down trees with an ax to being able to manufacture homes in a factory, from digging a garden with a shovel to having machinery that can plow, plant and harvest crops while the operator sits in a air-conditioned cab it is an abomination in this day of technological advancement there are people without a home or sufficient food.
Change? It's barely started!