It is very 50s, but also VERY ingrained here. Remember, we were fighting the coldwar up till the 80s, and people in my generation were still in the middle of that.
It really pisses me off that such a necessary vital service is being denied simply by calling it "socialist."
After seeing how it's saved Emily's life, literally, I have no fucking idea why we can't have it here.
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Date: 2010-02-26 06:29 am (UTC)Whenever I talk to Americans about it I hear "Socialised Medicine" a lot. Sounds very '50s to me.
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Date: 2010-02-27 04:50 am (UTC)It really pisses me off that such a necessary vital service is being denied simply by calling it "socialist."
After seeing how it's saved Emily's life, literally, I have no fucking idea why we can't have it here.
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Date: 2010-02-27 08:07 am (UTC)