The trouble with the public option is that it provides options for the public. The illusion of democracy is being perpetuated upon a willing nation by a bought and sold congress even as technology has rendered their tools of deception less effective. And so it goes.
Update
I would just add to that it is not cynical to speak the truth, rather it is cynical to know the truth and refuse to acknowledge it. Thanks for the conversation as always.
Update II
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from health care legislation. No further details were immediately available.
But liberals and moderates have been discussing an alternative, including a private insurance arrangement to be supervised by the federal agency that oversees the system through which lawmakers purchase coverage. Additionally, talks centered on opening up Medicare to uninsured Americans beginning at age 55, a significant expansion of the large government health care program that currently serves the over-65 population.
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa told reporters he didn't like the agreement but would support it to the hilt in an attempt to pass health care legislation.
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