Friday, May 5, 2017

And on and on...

I sort of want people to understand all this... Whatever comes out of the Senate (and I hope it's good), if anything does at all, it would have never even been considered if Obama hadn't gotten the ball rolling. That's sort of the point. The only reason that healthcare for people at large was considered important by the current cohort in the first place is because of the previous president (it's both a shame and a good thing I suppose). More specifically, not because they wanted to actually help people, but because they wanted to oppose the previous president as a matter of... principle (can you call it that)? And, politically there's really no way out of that. It took that man and a vote by a sea of blue for the current majority to even consider what might actually be good for the people at large when it comes to healthcare. Meaning, before now, there was more concern for power and politics and "free markets" (a term that has lost its significance - leaning too heavy on the ideas of deregulation/capitalism or socialism in isolation alike will both have adverse consequences, beyond lacking context in a post-recession age of relatively heavy inequality) than there was the basic health of Americans at large. You are riding that boat. Hopefully, we are at a point where that approach has changed. Hopefully, if something is to be done about it, you'll decide to make actual improvements that benefit the people of this country at large. And hopefully, in the future, politics and power and ego won't take precedent over the people. That was the benefit having of a man in office who had before that dedicated his entire career to public service. By default, the thought of what and why things should be done is first and foremost considerate of the people. Not of image. Or wealth. Or brand. Or anger. Or Twitter. Every time this new sitting President opens his mouth, I'm reminded of all the things he isn't, never was, and probably never will be. And it's mostly by choice.