(03-11-2017, 08:28 AM)Kinser79 Wrote:(03-11-2017, 05:05 AM)Galen Wrote:(03-10-2017, 10:30 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: Not so fast skippy....Rand has already floated the same repeal that passed the Senate twice.
As for a replacement I think this is a matter that should be turned over to the states. Give them a mandate to provide universal coverage some how and how to pay for it some how. This shouldn't be a federal matter. That way Commiefornia can have what it wants and Alabama can have what it wants.
Federalism...it works...mostly
The modern liberal or progressive can't stand the idea of people making decisions for themselves. If they allow this then those who are better at decision making may end up better off than those who don't and that simply can not be allowed.
Another case of freedom being inversely proportional to equality. Strangely I've recently read a book over a century old about their mindset, of course back then, they called them the Radicals. Honestly I think that term is far more accurate than Progressive.
After scanning that work it seems that you are right. The progressive name was adopted in order to convince people that they were the future even though their ideas are very old and have failed every time. Perhaps you will consider the words of Murray Rothbard on the subject.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises