Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hope Kucinich is right
I was puzzled by Kucinich flipping to support the Senate mess on health care. Until now, DK has been firmly in favor of the only rational solution, namely a single-payer national system. After hearing his explanation, I hope he's right. He hasn't changed his mind on the ultimate need, but says that the only politically feasible path toward the rational system starts with this awful contraption.
DK says: If this jumbled-up mess fails to pass, the political assholes will never again touch the question. If it passes, the main circuit breaker for the third rail will be turned off, and the assholes will ever-so-slowly move in the correct direction.
The latter is highly unlikely, but unlikely is a little better than impossible. Far more likely result of passage: the insurance companies will love their new absolute 100% monopoly so much that nobody in DC will ever be allowed to decrease it; instead, the insurance companies will expand to fill the entire economy.
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Of course what we really need is total irretrievable collapse of DC, followed by formation of two or three new confederations by state governors. And what I really hope is that the Senate contraption will generate enough wild imbalances between states and regions to speed the collapse. ¶ 6:46 AM
DK says: If this jumbled-up mess fails to pass, the political assholes will never again touch the question. If it passes, the main circuit breaker for the third rail will be turned off, and the assholes will ever-so-slowly move in the correct direction.
The latter is highly unlikely, but unlikely is a little better than impossible. Far more likely result of passage: the insurance companies will love their new absolute 100% monopoly so much that nobody in DC will ever be allowed to decrease it; instead, the insurance companies will expand to fill the entire economy.
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Of course what we really need is total irretrievable collapse of DC, followed by formation of two or three new confederations by state governors. And what I really hope is that the Senate contraption will generate enough wild imbalances between states and regions to speed the collapse. ¶ 6:46 AM
