RE: Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" plan is really expensive over a 10-year period....
August 2, 2018 at 2:44 pm
(August 1, 2018 at 9:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Really? Britain began the NHS in 1944 in the midst of a war which left them broke... victorious but broke. By 1947 the whole thing was implemented in England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland.
Why is it that furreigners can do it but it takes 'Murricans "40-50" years? Why is it that we not only can't do shit anymore, we don't even aspire to do shit anymore. Can you imagine if Kennedy called for the Apollo Program today with the collection of shits we have running things?
Why are we so fucking inept?
In my opinion, it’s the way government is set up.
In the UK, a bill has to get passed by the commons (the elected representatives) with a simple majority and that’s pretty much it. Commons is almost always controlled by a single party.
In the US, a bill has to get passed by the Senate with a 60% majority, and that’s after a number of riders have been attached. Since a single party is unlikely to have 60% of the votes, the bill has to compromise with the opposition. Then the House has to vote and pass it with a majority. Then the president has to sign it and not veto. Then it has to survive numerous judicial challenges via the courts.
Look at the hassle it took to get Obamacare passed, and even that isn’t safe considering it was 1 vote away from being repealed last year.
Checks and balances work great at thwarting a number of undemocratic things, but it also can cause wreak havoc with certain things.
