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ROGER KIMBALL: Get Out Of The Way? Not Likely. ?I doubt whether most of the people turning up at ?

By Glenn Reynolds

ROGER KIMBALL: Get Out Of The Way? Not Likely. “I doubt whether most of the people turning up at town hall meetings to express their dismay about the Presidents plans to revolutionize American health care have Robespierre in mind. But the people that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs disparaging referred to as the ‘Brooks Brothers Brigade’ sense that a lot is at stake in the controversy over the future of health care. It?s not just a question of what doctors you can see when, or even what sort of doctors will be available to be seen in a government-run health care system. No, it?s a question of what Ronald Reagan called ‘imposing statism’ in the name of pursuing a humanitarian project.”

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