Follow Up: "Palin, the GOP, and Healthcare"

There are a few more points that I realize I did not address.

Firstly is the criticism that health care reform would "drive up the deficit." Well, to that I say, and? Just about everything involving reform or new programs costs money- at first. Think of it as buying a new car, or house, boat, anything large and expensive. First you put in a down payment. Well, the initial costs to implement this reform is like that; it's not the full payment up front, but rather, there is a starting cost. Then, every month after that down payment, you pay in installments. That is funding and taxation. Yes, it will cost a lot, and will add to the deficit at first, but the idea is saving a great deal later on.

Speaking on taxes, of course one of the GOP's central pillars of criticism is, "it'll raise taxes!" They use it like the boy who cried wolf. And that's essentially what it is. Taxation is good, if it is good representation. That is the problem. Representation. Taxes overall are not bad, and very much necessary for any civilization's economy, if it wants to survive.

The other point, is Medicaid. Yes, the lower-income families do get the support of Medicaid, but the problem here is that Medicaid is broken. From what I understand, it's overly difficult, and even then, what about those families who cannot afford insurance, yet are above the requirements of Medicaid?

Now I'm sure some would love to use that to support the idea that socialism is bad. Well, let me ask you then: why are socialist countries so successful with it? Take a look at France's health care system; it's beautiful, and it works. No, it's not that socialism is bad, or that it doesn't work. I think the problem is that, it is a socialist program written by capitalist politicians, in a heavily capitalist society. It's a matter of conflict between to very different political and economic philosophies, with one trying to survive within the other. It's prey living in a den of predators.

Yet hopefully, reform will be founded on learning what went wrong with previous programs.