Back in the USSR

A fundamental change occurred on Sunday with the passage of the healthcare bill. It's hard to understand why it seems to be so necessary to try to fix every aspect of healthcare in this country all at once. There is an old saying that the way to eat an elephant is to do it one bite at a time. But in the case of fixing the problems with the existing system, it seems that trying to do the whole thing in one gigantic bite is the preferred method.

Watching the voting on Sunday night, it reminded me of another time in another country when a fundamental change, years in the planning stage, that affected the citizens of an entire country was effected in the space of a few hours. The country was Germany, the year was 1938, and the event--when thousands of Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, was dubbed Kristallnacht.

On Sunday, legislation masquerading as a bill to improve the health of the people of this country, was passed by the House of Representatives and in doing so, ushered in a socialist society.

Welcome to the new America, The United Socialist States of the Republic (USSR).