Back in the day, the Republican Congressmen/women and Senators, felt the Government was interfering in the American past time, and any attempt by the Democratic leadership to undermine something as basic as apple pie and mom, was communistic, fascist heresy!
And many gun toting, flag waving, love it or leave it Americans tied to the propaganda of their Republican good Christian elected officials protested and shouted that smoking was good, clean and healthy. And anyone saying differently was just ease dropping and trying to control a hard working American's life.
And now, a few generations later, we have a different propaganda machine at work, run by perhaps different lobbyists, or maybe the same people but for a different industry, telling us how any public option for health care is dangerous, deceitful and down right Un-American.
And once again a group of Republican and a smattering of blue dog democrats, tied to the shackles of Big Pharmacy/Health Care donations, are telling the Americans that the Government has no right to mind your business when it comes to health care or health insurance. (Medicare and Medicaid aside.)
And once again those who might benefit from reform or change are yelling loudest not to change or accept reform because, well, because....because the really real Americans, the really red white and blue Americans say not to.
And so once again because so many stupid people, so many frightened souls, so many privately bigoted people, let others think for them, and never ever bother to find out the truth: we all must wait and wait while the lobbyists once again try to stop Americans from gaining, getting,
better health.
Why does history so much repeat itself in this country, without many of us learning anything at all?
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