In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt campaigned on a promise of national healthcare. He lost the election. In 1945 Harry Truman, with the support of labor unions attempted to enact National Healthcare. He failed. John F. Kennedy also failed to get National Healthcare through congress. Richard Nixon proposed National Healthcare but was defeated by Water Gate. Bill Clinton asked his wife to create a comprehensive Healthcare plan and Hillary Care failed.
Now President Obama wants his bite at the healthcare pie. Five Presidents before him have tried to enact healthcare legislation and failed. There have been as many excuses why all attempts have failed as there are liberal reporters. Perhaps the main reason national healthcare proposals have failed is the American public wants to continue the virtue of self reliance and the freedom that comes with individual responsibility.
Americans instinctively know being responsible for someone else’s actions is inherently unfair and a form of Socialism. No one would expect any person to pay their neglectful neighbors speeding ticket but President Obama is asking Americans to pay their neighbors healthcare bill when that neighbor commits acts detrimental to his health.
It is only appropriate this healthcare proposal die the same death as all previous healthcare proposals.