As I stated, there are those who will simply attack the source or the author... thank you for proving my point.
As for your statement that there wouldn't be Republican opposition, you are seriously out of your mind. Once a piece of legislation like this were passed it would be nearly impossible to make changes to it or eliminate it. Just look at Social Security. Every time someone proposes changing it to prevent it from imploding, the Dems start harping on 'da Republicans wantz to steal your social security money' and nothing gets done to fix a problem that we all know is looming ever closer.
But again... I never expected you to actually discuss... I knew people like you would attack the source rather than debate the actual issue.
The reason changes are not made is because the changes offered are disasters. The SS change proposed earlier was to privatize it. In other words scrap it.
SS came about because people didn't save. When they got older they had nothing to live on. Today, people not only save less but go into debt.This is the worst time to mess with SS.
As for the medical bill you wrote, "Once a piece of legislation like this were passed it would be nearly impossible to make changes to it or eliminate it," the reason is people wouldn't want it changed or eliminated.
We hear the same nonsense from a minority of people in countries that have universal medical plans. Every year it's the same thing. "We don't have the money." They've been saying that for 50 years! All the while every citizen has enjoyed medical coverage.
The first thing one has to understand is the government has the money. The people who claim the government does not have the money are people who want the money the government does have to be used for something else. That's all it is.
Logic and common sense dictate the wealthiest country on the face of the earth has enough resources to look after it's ill citizens. To say or imply or suggest or allude to the possibility it does not is sheer craziness. The proof is dozens of other countries have succeeded in doing so and, yes, the citizens of those countries scream loud and clear if a politician even suggests touching their medical plans.
It's not a matter of not being able to change them. The reality is people don't want their medical plans changed and that's the Repub nightmare. They know that once the US starts down the road towards a universal plan there is no stopping it because the people won't want it stopped just like the people in every other country that has a universal plan don't want it changed.
Not one country has reverted to the old "pay or suffer" system. Not one country. Hundreds of millions of people. Dozens of nationalities. Different languages. Different religions. Different colors. Widely varying economic conditions. Not one country reverted to the "pay or suffer" system.
Helloooooooooooooooo.
