As high-profile politicians go, Bill Richardson is among the least oily, which probably explains his inability to attract much support among the political activists of his party. His statements on health care, however, are no more realistic than those of other candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination:
Medicare should be made available to people 55 and over … Universal health care must be implemented—without creating new bureaucracy.
That’s right. He’s talking about a monumental expansion of the federal role in health care, and he thinks he can do it without adding more apparatchiks. He’s apparently been away from D.C. for too long. He has forgotten that an ever-expanding bureaucracy is one of the primary goals of “universal health care.”
Meanwhile, John Edwards is competing with Walter Mondale with regard to dumb tax promises. He advises his supporters that he’ll pay for his health care program by raising taxes on “corporations and the wealthy.” Why do I get the feeling that “wealthy” is, in this case, defined as “anyone with a job”?
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