Oh, both sides are at the beck and call of special interests. That's a fact of life in American politics since at least the 19th century. The question is which special interests back which party. And which ones you like. After all, your "special interest" is my "evil organization" and vice versa.
It's pretty obvious that the ACA is a muddle. But so were Medicare and Social Security when they both started. It took years, from what I understand, for Social Security to get kicked into a shape that everyone was more-or-less happy with. Sitting to one side and gloating because the ACA isn't perfect from day one is the moral equivalent of being in elementary school and laughing at the kid who answered a teacher's question wrong on the first try -- and being both unwilling to answer the question yourself and perfectly willing to pass the same kid a wrong answer just for the lulz.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
It's pretty obvious that the ACA is a muddle. But so were Medicare and Social Security when they both started. It took years, from what I understand, for Social Security to get kicked into a shape that everyone was more-or-less happy with. Sitting to one side and gloating because the ACA isn't perfect from day one is the moral equivalent of being in elementary school and laughing at the kid who answered a teacher's question wrong on the first try -- and being both unwilling to answer the question yourself and perfectly willing to pass the same kid a wrong answer just for the lulz.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.