Wednesday, August 26, 2009

healthcare debate flashback (from NPR)

Ronald Reagan, who was then a candidate for the governor of California, aggressively opposed MEDICARE:

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people, has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project — most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can't afford it. Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it."


sound familiar?

1 comment:

Kyle said...

i was thinking it was nice that he's speaking rationally without fear mongering, but i guess just saying "socialism" was scary enough in the 60s