Jimmy Carter says that we could have had health care years ago if Sen. Edward Kennedy had not stop it. Kennedy, who died in August of 2009, blocked Carters proposed plan of health care. Carter says that Kennedy was malicious and did not want to see him succeed. Kennedy tried to run for president, but Carter beat him out of the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. Carter then lost to Ronald Regan. Kennedy had a complete health care plan approach and Carter's plan would have taken a few years to work out.
This deals with government because if Carter would have gotten his plan passed then Obama would probably not care so much about his health care bill. I think Jimmy Carter should move on. A new health care bill as been created and all that Jimmy Carter has recently mentioned happened over 30 years ago. I can understand how Carter feels, it had to hurt to have someone try to stop you from succeeding. I also feel like Carter is just trying to get the last word in through this interview. I think he should leave it up to Obama now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100917/ap_on_go_ot/us_carter_kennedy
I agree with Katie and believe that our new president should be able to handle these pressing issues as he sees fit. There are checks and balances to our system if people don't agree with him. As to president Carter, get over it, it is in the past and who cares anymore about who stopped it!
ReplyDeleteDo you think that Carter is "just trying to get the last word in" or do you think that he's promoting the health care plan and in effect, saying that universal health care is a policy that should have been implemented more than three decades ago by America - one of the most progressive nations in the world?
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