Surely not. We were reliably (and repeatedly) informed that it was dead in the water months ago, that it could never be passed without Republican support, that there would be no Republican support, that...
Ok, I'll turn the sarcasm off. In truth, it's not enough. It is, I believe, a step in the right direction, and always up for tweaking. This is still America, after all, and future governments can (and will, I'm sure) tweak it for better and for worse.
Now to see whose Rhetoric was right. As per usual, I'm pretty sure we'll find that the truth lays somewhere in the middle.
Ok, I'll turn the sarcasm off. In truth, it's not enough. It is, I believe, a step in the right direction, and always up for tweaking. This is still America, after all, and future governments can (and will, I'm sure) tweak it for better and for worse.
Now to see whose Rhetoric was right. As per usual, I'm pretty sure we'll find that the truth lays somewhere in the middle.
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No posts on the bill passing?
- 22/03/2010 08:22:27 AM
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Meh
- 22/03/2010 09:07:27 AM
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Re: Meh
- 22/03/2010 01:53:43 PM
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I know what you mean. I love hearing that the "majority" are against this.
- 22/03/2010 01:57:15 PM
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surveys are crap anyways.
- 22/03/2010 01:59:39 PM
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That's ignorance speaking.
- 22/03/2010 02:02:46 PM
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well yah. Sorry, I wasn't meaning to say surveys as a whole are nonsense
- 22/03/2010 02:09:42 PM
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A question?
- 23/03/2010 01:11:07 AM
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I accept that there are situations where leaders must go against popular opinion
- 23/03/2010 02:53:00 AM
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on the other hand *edited stupid spelling error*
- 23/03/2010 03:09:47 AM
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Ahahahahahahahaha 
- 23/03/2010 12:57:17 PM
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- 23/03/2010 12:57:17 PM
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why? 
*NM*
- 23/03/2010 03:37:00 PM
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*NM*
- 23/03/2010 03:37:00 PM
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Because "populous" is not a noun in English. *NM*
- 23/03/2010 03:42:16 PM
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This.
- 23/03/2010 03:46:25 PM
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It's not as simple as "doing what the majority opposes is bad government. "
- 23/03/2010 06:42:04 AM
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The Bill passed?
- 22/03/2010 12:27:36 PM
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I think with the saturation coverage it has been getting people are just worn out *NM*
- 22/03/2010 01:27:59 PM
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Re: No posts on the bill passing?
- 22/03/2010 01:39:14 PM
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I chose to read about it first at the NYT, then the WSJ, then the Economist.
- 22/03/2010 01:43:07 PM
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Re: I chose to read about it first at the NYT, then the WSJ, then the Economist.
- 22/03/2010 02:01:07 PM
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I liked former Republican Senate majority leader Bill Frist's comments.
- 22/03/2010 02:06:41 PM
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Re: I liked former Republican Senate majority leader Bill Frist's comments.
- 22/03/2010 02:12:16 PM
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I am worried. The official reports show that it will actually erase some debt. But . . .
- 22/03/2010 01:39:26 PM
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I think reform had to start now.
- 22/03/2010 02:27:11 PM
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That's a good column.
- 22/03/2010 02:44:56 PM
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Yea, he's going to be adding to it all day, trying to explain the various facets of the bill.
- 22/03/2010 03:05:03 PM
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I think the problem highlight what I don't like about this bill
- 22/03/2010 03:20:54 PM
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Re: I think the problem highlight what I don't like about this bill
- 22/03/2010 03:33:31 PM
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Let's be realistic here at least....
- 22/03/2010 04:16:23 PM
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You must have an interesting definition of "most"
- 22/03/2010 05:43:38 PM
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My definition of most is obviously quite defective.
- 22/03/2010 08:05:22 PM
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- 22/03/2010 08:05:22 PM
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As long as you define "most" as "some time" you're just fine with it as it stands *NM*
- 22/03/2010 08:15:03 PM
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*NM*
- 22/03/2010 08:15:03 PM
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I'd say "most" people would agree with my definition of "most" in my original post....
- 23/03/2010 05:16:59 AM
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I hope your house is built on fimrer foundations then your reasoning
- 22/03/2010 04:25:49 PM
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You should worry about cost control (AKA the only real reason for healthcare reform to begin. )
- 23/03/2010 07:02:24 AM
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bingo
- 24/03/2010 03:45:48 AM
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Next question: WTF do we do about it?
- 24/03/2010 04:00:39 AM
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It is a good start
- 22/03/2010 03:01:08 PM
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I really like what GRR Martin wrote in his blog.
- 23/03/2010 09:55:11 AM
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I would say it is rather weak point
- 23/03/2010 01:12:43 PM
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You realize that most countries with socialized healthcare have private healthcare, too.
- 24/03/2010 04:16:28 AM
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