It will be a tie-dyed haze for a bit, but then the fuzziness wears off and you're "back in your own reality, driving something other than that VW bus from back in the day.
I'm now 62, married (last October) to sweet Deborah and moving forward into the future. Gladly accepting the Social Security I've contributed to for most of my working life and receiving high-level health care from the Veterans Administration. If this is "socialism," then that's ok with me.
[But if it's "socialism," then what about your local fire department, police department, public works department--road paving, etc.--library, the country's armed forces, etc.?]
Some people confuse the role of government--doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves--with a governing system disconnected from its population, allowing no input to the process. Sorta like what the pure "Objectivist" free-marketeer philosophy of Ayn Rand would do to a nation.
At the moment, "the Woodstock Nation" has voted a Democratic black president into the White House and the Democratic Party controls the House and Senate. Our pragmatic selves and children now have that moment for "change" we have been waiting for and are up to the challenge, because, "we can!"
My hunch is we'll see a public option health care reform enacted into law. After that, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will be approved. Of course, this will not be easy because the status-quo resistance of entrenched "big money interests" will try to block progress every step of the way. Look for lunatic reasoning and fear-mongering. It's the only tricks they have left!
Much closer to home, I'm reactivating this blog to create a space for my writer's instincts, because these thoughts don't always lend themselves to the Newsmission focus. Here's where I'll ask "what if?" and jot down ideas. Make of it what you will.
Feel free to post a comment. This writer loves fearless feedback.
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