A liberal of my acquaintance didn’t so much defend ObamaCare in Twitter as much as he spoke up for that can-do American talent for fixing things. <\/p>\n
@[redacted]: @mitchpberg Just finished watching “Band of Brothers” for the umpteenth time.Ultimately Americans are good at making things work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He followed up:<\/p>\n
@[redacted]: @mitchpberg If we could produce a hundred thousand warplanes in a couple of years, why would you think we couldn’t make a website work?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We Americans are indeed good at fixing things. We fixed Europe – surely we can fix a website. Right?<\/p>\n
Maybe. But if we’d fought WWII the way we’re socializing healthcare, we’d have drafted all the forty-to-sixty-year-olds, and then simultaneously invaded every nation on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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