This AoSHQ piece from a couple of days ago actually makes me a bit chipper. Why? Because of that Gallup graph.
You see, it’s an interesting thing: since 2000, Gallup has been polling on the question on whether or not Americans think that the federal government has the responsibility to ensure health care coverage. In 2009, the breakdown for that was 54/41; and today the number is… 56/42. Well, more accurately, it’s 42/56. Because back when Barack Obama took office a majority of the American people were happy to have the government involved in ensuring health care access; and now that the government has a majority of the American people would like the government to stop now, please.
…Oops?
Moe Lane
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken
The numbers will change again when they convince enough people that the problem wasn’t what was done, but who did it. You know,… it just hasn’t been tried by the right people yet.
“Give ’em what they want, good and hard.”
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Mew