What do these three have in common?
Could it be the similarities concerning social welfare?
Could it be the enormous costs involved?
Could it perhaps, be the attempt to address issues the citizenry is faced with?
~OR~
Could it be this:
"Social Security was signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. Since then, it has been the fundamental bedrock of the New Deal, and of our commitment as Americans to form a more perfect Union.
It was passed against solid Republican opposition. 99% of the Republicans in the House tried to kill the Social Security Act by sending the bill back to committee. The Democrats controlled the House, and the GOP attempt failed. When the bill moved to the Senate, 63% of Senate Republicans again tried to kill the bill. They failed in the Senate as well, and Social Security became the law of the land"
"While Medicare is not without its problems, it has dramatically improved access to health care, allowed seniors to live longer and healthier lives, contributed to the desegregation of southern hospitals, and has become one of the most popular government programs.
At the time, conservatives strongly opposed Medicare, warning that a government-run program would lead to socialism in America:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Could it be the similarities concerning social welfare?
Could it be the enormous costs involved?
Could it perhaps, be the attempt to address issues the citizenry is faced with?
~OR~
Could it be this:
"Social Security was signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. Since then, it has been the fundamental bedrock of the New Deal, and of our commitment as Americans to form a more perfect Union.
It was passed against solid Republican opposition. 99% of the Republicans in the House tried to kill the Social Security Act by sending the bill back to committee. The Democrats controlled the House, and the GOP attempt failed. When the bill moved to the Senate, 63% of Senate Republicans again tried to kill the bill. They failed in the Senate as well, and Social Security became the law of the land"
"While Medicare is not without its problems, it has dramatically improved access to health care, allowed seniors to live longer and healthier lives, contributed to the desegregation of southern hospitals, and has become one of the most popular government programs.
At the time, conservatives strongly opposed Medicare, warning that a government-run program would lead to socialism in America:
Ronald Reagan: “f you don’t [stop Medicare] and I don’t do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it once was like in America when men were free.” [1961]
George H.W. Bush: Described Medicare in 1964 as “socialized medicine.” [1964]
Barry Goldwater: “Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets, why not public housing accommodations, why not vacation resorts, why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and of beer for those who drink.” [1964]
Bob Dole: In 1996, while running for the Presidency, Dole openly bragged that he was one of 12 House members who voted against creating Medicare in 1965. “I was there, fighting the fight, voting against Medicare . . . because we knew it wouldn’t work in 1965.” [1965]
Despite Medicare’s success and the unrealized fears of its detractors, Republican lawmakers are still regurgitating the claim that Medicare would create a “Soviet-style model” of health care. As Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MS), chairman of the GOP Health Solutions Group, explained during a recent radio interview, “you could certainly argue that government should have never have gotten in the health care business…Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the marketplace.”George H.W. Bush: Described Medicare in 1964 as “socialized medicine.” [1964]
Barry Goldwater: “Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets, why not public housing accommodations, why not vacation resorts, why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and of beer for those who drink.” [1964]
Bob Dole: In 1996, while running for the Presidency, Dole openly bragged that he was one of 12 House members who voted against creating Medicare in 1965. “I was there, fighting the fight, voting against Medicare . . . because we knew it wouldn’t work in 1965.” [1965]
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
