Im confused, do the Democrats want National Health Care or not ?

Question

The Democrats seem to be saying they want National Health Care,

But wasn't it Democratic Controlled Congress's who refused to allow national health care legislation to be voted on in,

1973,1978 and 1994

When they refused to allow the legislation out of Committee ?

Is this some kind of trick, where the Presidential Candiates say one think, knowing they will never have to actually provide national health care, because they know thier party in Congress will block it ?

Nixon, Carter and Clinton all proposed National Health Care, all three had Democratic Controlled Congress's.

So why don't we have national health care ???

Answer 1

The US cannot afford a national health care plan. It's impossible, therefore a bad idea

Answer 2

NOT ALL PEOPLE THINK THE SAME!!!!!

Sorry for shouting, but it's starting to get to me....

Have we completely given up on the concept of holding individuals accountable for their actions?

Have we gotten so massively brain-locked on partisan bickering that we automatically assume that any time a person does something, their entire political party must think exactly the same way about every issue?

Is it no longer conceivable that two people might both be members of the same political party, yet come to different conclusions on certain issues -- especially over a span of 30 years?

Is there any hope that we'll stop generalizing and assuming that hundreds of millions of people all think in lock-step just because they may generally agree sometimes on a few issues?

Answer 3

Democrats change in their stance depending upon the impulse of the people just because they want to get the votes.

VOTE for your choice as US President on my 360 degrees blog and know if a Democrat will likely win.

Answer 4

They're the ones that are confused. It's called politics these days, not legislation. Long live the lobbyists?

Answer 5

Because the polls are indecisive on this matter.

Whatever the polls say at the moment, becomes the DNC policy.

Answer 6

I'm just going to ditto Coragryph because I couldn't say it better myself, and I'm glad he's shouting.