.... I disagree with them on important social policy matters like abortion, gay marriage and health care........
rfenst wrote:
Important social policy matters?
Abortion and gay marriage are social policy, but if you choose your President based on these issues then you're allowing the tail to wag the dog. The "right" and the "Left" want us to believe that this is somehow important.
Face it. No matter who is in the oval office, same sex marriage will work its way into the fabric of our country one state at a time.
Likewise, (and again no matter whom resides at 1600 PA Ave) abortion will never be made illegal on a national level.
Further to your post, I think that Health Care is NOT a social policy. It's a fiscal policy.
Socially, you only need make it available.
Fiscally, we need to know who's going to pay.
Obama has chosen to amaze the mathamatically challenged by offering a system where "no one" pays.
For some, this is like getting a free tie when you purchase a suit.
For many, this will be like getting that free tie without having to make the purchase.
And for a few, (Let's call it about 1%...) it's like paying for the suit but getting neither the tie nor even the suit itself.
Social policy??
Healthcare is a social policy as much as a rectal exam is a fun night out.
(appologies to Jade)
