[lbo-talk] Obama's sell-out of the public plan, cont'd

[Mark Rickling]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
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> The best proof of that is that no truly national social program has ever
>> been established in this country.  Every social program that came to
>> existence involved some form of dicking around with "public-private
>> partnerships" i.e. pork and barrel for local interest groups, political
>> patronage etc.
>>
>
> Social security?
>
Medicare?