additional debate over health care reform

[emayer]

Refresh my memory.  Was any of the aforementioned landmark legislation passed under the reconciliation process?  Does the symbolic election of a Republican Senator in a State held by the Dems for more than 30 years largely in response to the health care legislation not represent a clear signal as to the overall will of the people?

Any form of governance implies some element of socialism by definition.  The real question is to what degree government is to manage our daily lives.  Our Constitution differs from other countries as it takes a minimalist approach in an attempt to decentralize.  Though not flawless, history proves that the concept worked.  With time, we have drifted increasingly away from that principle, the mood now complacent and entitled as a result of America's success.