>Capitalists, unable to overcome the collective action problem needed to safeguard the interests of Capital, need the State to step in and act on Capital's behalf. (Think Marx on the Ten Hours Bill if Poulantzas isn't your cup of tea).
Which is why we have Baucus' Insurance Company Profit Protection Act. The state is probably going to step in, with more cash subsidies for insurance, and a requirement that we all purchase that defective product. You mean that what's imploding is the job-based insurance system, and pay-or-play rules are efforts to shore it up and remove the provision of health insurance as a competitive factor? (Is that your 10 Hours Bill point--the factory owners following the law complained of those who didn't, and wanted more enforcement?) Maybe you could explain why you say it's our strongest lever, though.
Jenny Brown