Monday, November 24, 2008

Season Of Hope, Legacy Of Harm

Sen. Ted Kennedy, recovering from cancer surgery, made a splash when he returned to Capitol Hill last week. Good for him — but maybe bad for the future of U.S. medical treatment (Snip) reportedly said he was ready to work on an economic-stimulus package — and health care reform. While the damage from the former is likely to be only temporary, the harm from the latter will have negative effects for generations...
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Exhibit A: How Tom Daschle Might Kill Limited Government

The GOP strategist had been joking about the upcoming presidential election and giving his humorous assessments of the candidates. Then he suddenly cut out the schtick and got scary serious.

"Let me tell you something, if Democrats pass a big-government healthcare plan, that's it. Game over. Government will dominate the economy like it does in Europe. Conservatives will spend the rest of their lives trying to turn things around and they will fail."
And it turns out that the fearsome harbinger of free-market doom is the mild-mannered ex-U.S. senator with the little, red glasses, Tom Daschle. He'll be the guy shepherding President Barack Obama's healthcare plan through Congress via his role as secretary of health and human services...

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