The American Plan

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A while back I recalled Huey Long's saying that if fascism or communism took over here, it would be called Americanism.* So I suggested we talk about "Americanized," rather than socialized, medicine. George Lakoff, who is better at this sort of thing than I am, proposes calling it "the American Plan" and offers other useful terminology with which we can get down on all fours and look at it from the average voter's point of view. That's one of the things I love about being a liberal: I don't have to consider people my equals to want them to be treated decently. Even people who want the government's hands off their Medicare and fear the Hawaiian foreigner Obama should get the medical treatments they need.

*I also like William Gass's suggestion that the Supreme Leader would be called Coach.

Found in Rebecca's Pocket