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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Opus 2017-199: Health Care Discussions: It’s a Republic, Folks

The talking heads are fixated on how the vote on the health care bill is not taking place right away.  They say the Republicans have not delivered on their promise.  They scream about the plan being developed in secret.  They keep running sound bites.  They want to instill panic or force rash behavior.

Enjoy.  This is the process of a republic.  There is a reason why dictatorships are more efficient than democratic processes.  This is how it is supposed to work.  The wonks and type A politicians try to tell us what we should do.  The statesmen who care about principle say, “Slow down.  Let us read it.  What’s the hurry.”  The discussion continues and in the end no one gets all that they want but you come up with compromises that everyone can live with.

It is call the democratic process.  It is not pretty.  It takes time.  It is frustrating.  It is not efficient.  It is the way it is supposed to work. 

Relax.

homo unius libri

4 comments:

  1. What concerns me is that, unlike democrats, every time the republicans get any power, they blow it EVERY TIME with their infighting.

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    1. I hear you but if Lucy is the only one who will hold the football you have to keep kicking.

      Grace and peace.

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  2. I do hope they read it before they vote on it, unlike Obamacare.

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    1. That is why I am not concerned about the extra time this is taking.

      Grace and Peace

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Comments are welcome. Feel free to agree or disagree but keep it clean, courteous and short. I heard some shorthand on a podcast: TLDR, Too long, didn't read.