Palin: Medicare Leads to Totalitarianism»

[Joanne98]

In her closing statement last night, Sarah Palin quoted Ronald Reagan:

It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream; we have to fight for it and protect it, and then hand it to them so that they shall do the same, or we’re going to find ourselves spending our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children about a time in America, back in the day, when men and women were free.

But this wasn’t something Reagan said in the 1980s. It was a jeremiad against Medicare with Reagan arguing that Medicare would lead to “socialized medicine” which would lead to socialism and totalitarianism:

Audio of Raygun demonizing medicare at link..
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/palin_medicare_leads_to_totalitarianism.php

[chelsea0011]

1. You know. I would like to hear her say she will not take medical coverage

from the government plan (I don't know her insurance plan as Governor) she would get as VP which is paid and bought by taxpayers, socialized medicine that she decries.

[Joanne98]

2. I know. She a gigantic welfare queen.

[crazylikafox]

3. With her "special needs" child she probably wouldn't be able to buy insur. in the private market

She NEEDS that socialized medicine

[Joanne98]

5. True.

[treestar]

4. Then they want more powers to the Executive Branch

the patriot act, etc. That doesn't lead to totalitarianism but medicare does? This is the lamest of their arguments.