Maggie's Farm

After Thanksgiving dinner I listened to five or ten men discussing ObamaCare or at least what variation Washington should create instead.

They weren't dunces, some were well briefed on costs, taxes, and the likely consequences. Some offered knowledge of the health care in other developed nations, etc.

I said nothing, their thoughts made no intersection with mine. Not one of them even mentioned that maybe Washington should try fixing programs they already run. That perhaps our political classes and public servants weren't the Gods we wanted to serve.

Simplifying, fixing, improving, and adjusting simply had no meaning to them. The concern was whether health care overhaul required merely huge changes or whether truly colossal ones would be better still.