>No, that's a right-wing talking point. They're very scared by the prospect of doing something about our health care crisis.
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>Tamar, I'm curious - if a senator or president speaks about legislation to overturn Roe v. Wade and make abortions illegal.....when an elected official tries to introduce legislation to teach creationism or "intelligent design" in schools - or try to implement mandatory conscription....what's your reaction to thse people who are trying to "do something"?

That what they're trying to do is wrong and bad for the country (at least for abortion and creationism; a draft is a whole 'nother issue).

My issue here is that the right-wing talking heads thinks that by labelling the administration and others as socialists, they could scare people and avoid actually talking about the merits of the issues. We have a multi-faceted health care problem. It's okay that different people see different ways to try to solve it. But using name-calling to avoid working together to find a real solution is not.

Tamar