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Gov't got to the moon in 9 years. But then they made NASA privatize most of its operations and we haven't done that much in manned-flight since except hang out in low-earth orbit. They invented the Internet then gave it away to big business who is soaking us with fees and trying to control content. Gov't provided electricity to all the rural areas of the country while in the Depression. Women on farms would still be washing their clothes with washboards otherwise. Gov't did all the basic research during WWII and built the first modern digital computers. Gov't won WWII. Gov't built the Interstate Hwy. System. Gov't educated the Greatest Generation via the G.I. Bill which made us the strongest economy in the world. Gov't gave us the Land Grant Colleges so the middle class had access to a higher eduaction. Gov't won the Cold War. Gov't saved our landmarks with the National Park System. Gov't got us out of the Depression when the free-market screwed up. Of course the private sector never screws up. Look at the auto industry, Enron, savings & loan industry, Wall Street, all the companies that make Superfund sites, ...

I too was on the other side of the health care industry.. I sold health insurance to the self-employed from 1993-1999. My biggest frustration was seeing small businesses struggle to cover their own families, and perhaps offer limited insurance to their employees and/or families. When it came to turning in a claim, the insurance companies did their darndest to get out of paying, unless the insured put in the pressure. It wasn't always that way, but 75% of the time. That we need health care reform is a moot point. Having said that, what we don't need is a government run government controlled system. We don't need another 'Government Motors', i.e. GM. I have first hand knowledge and experience what government controlled heatlth care can do. I have four sisters that live in Canada, and my youngest sister was put on a waiting list for 9 months for a much needed surgery, during which time she got weaker and weaker, almost to the point where she couldn't function. In her early 30's, she didn't deserve to be treated that way. That kind of service we don't need here. If you want to see what it would be like, look at any government run agency now, and that will give you a good overview of what we would be looking at! Let's talk reform, but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Let's not let this president continue his power grab! Federal government has turned into a bohemoth that is out of control. Our founding fathers would roll over in their graves if they would see what this country has become. It's time to rein in our out-of-control federal government, and give the power back to the people and the states.