Now it is time that we move forward again in still another critical area: health care.
Without adequate health care, no one can make full use of his or her talents and opportunities. It is thus just as important that economic, racial and social barriers not stand in the way of good health care as it is to eliminate those barriers to a good education and a good job.
Three years ago, I proposed a major health insurance program to the Congress, seeking to guarantee adequate financing of health care on a nationwide basis. That proposal generated widespread discussion and useful debate. But no legislation reached my desk.
--Richard Nixon
I found it worrying when I watched a documentary and saw some of the programs Nixon brought about, such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, which would now be decried as socialist!
What is going on with United States Politics?
That's quite interesting. According to the history boox, his boss, Ike, killed the idea of universal healthcare floated by President Truman. (Not so long after same was adopted by the U.K.)
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Mr. Nixon signed the dreaded EPA into law! Traitor! Anti-business!