Considering the ACA's glaring -- and predictable -- economic and political shortcomings, why did Obama make it his first-term centerpiece? The answer seems to be his obsession with securing his legacy as the president who achieved the liberal grail of universal coverage. In his book "The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery," Noam Scheiber recounts a telling incident. Obama's advisers tell him he can be known for preventing a second Great Depression. "That's not enough for me," Obama replies.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/26/obamas_ego_trip_113601.html
No matter how bad this law will be, it would be a legacy any Democrat would be proud of. That's how governments work, that's how politicians think. That's why the idea was that our government should be severly limited so that our lives and our opportunities should not be shaped by the egos of the political class.
I hope the SCOTUS's actions in the next few days preserve what is left of those limits.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/26/obamas_ego_trip_113601.html
No matter how bad this law will be, it would be a legacy any Democrat would be proud of. That's how governments work, that's how politicians think. That's why the idea was that our government should be severly limited so that our lives and our opportunities should not be shaped by the egos of the political class.
I hope the SCOTUS's actions in the next few days preserve what is left of those limits.
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