Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Bruce Bartlett Date:   3/3/2016 12:21:20 PM

I think people in our age group especially like a divided govenrment.  We came up in the days when elected officials could be opposed to something, yet find a way to work out a compromise. I think the majority of us know the fringes are out there, but that an agreement could be worked out by the majority.  They could vehemently oppose an idea on the job but still have cocktails together after the business day.   But now it just results in name calling and deadlock.  Not all compromise is a bad thing.  And why did the majority of Congress pass Obamacare without really plowing into it and thinking long term?  On the very surface, it isn't a bad idea letting people buy health insurance from a slate of affordable plans.  But it got hosed up in the implementation when they made it "mandatory" and the plans were either not affordable or had deductibles that are sky high.  I don't even think Small business would have found it so distasteful if it was truly affordable and not mandatory.  I don't think anyone finds having health insurance distasteful - it is all in the way it is implemented.