‘Medicare for All’ Is a Fantasy
31st August 2018
Reihan Salam is one of National Review’s stable of Washington Generals, and this story illustrates their favorite modus operandi.
- Proglodytes come up with some stupid new way for government to give money to its dependent class.
- Soi-disant ‘conservative’ writers latch onto it as an excuse to construct a ‘coherent alternative’, which is always a variant on ‘We can run this better than you’ instead of ‘No, we don’t need that at all’.
- Said ‘constructive alternative’ is ignored by the Ruling Class, and Yet Another Government Entitlement is born, people being left with the impression that a Serious Discussion has been had, and ‘conservatives’ pat themselves on the back for having given it the Old College Try.
Nobody has the courage to say ‘It’s a fantasy. Wake up and pay for your own goddamned medical care.’