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gratuitous dump link here>question everything (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 12:53 PM
Original message
Is it true that in 1972 Nixon proposed a universal health care?
What happened?
My initial reaction was that this would be a real Anti Nixon bash but not really.
Shrek (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 12:58 PM
Response to Original message
1. Link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
The OP was a little sparse on details.
Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 01:02 PM
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2. Nixon gets a bad rap around here
and much of it deservedly so.
But he was smart enough to see the benefits of a healthy population. Something that today's repubs cannot do.
Then comes this exchange. I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming.
enid602 (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 01:13 PM
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10. good programs
He also signed Affirmitive Action, Section 8, laws regarding 401(K)´s, EPA. I can´t think of any good programs signed by Rep Presidents since Nixon.
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question everything (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 02:46 PM
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17. And he started the EPA (nt)
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 03:02 PM
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20. Virtually every environmental law we have was signed under Nixon
The clean air act, clean water act, endangered species act, banning DDT, the National Environmental Policy Act... plus starting the EPA.
Of course, here in California we have the California Environmental Quality Act, which was signed into law by Jerry Brow... oh, sorry, that was Ronald Reagan who signed that one.
Good times.
and finally this:
democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-28-09 09:10 PM
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30. Kennedy would disagree
He has written that he regretted not working with Nixon on health care. He felt that the right had gotten to Nixon and pressured RN into a more conservative bill. Nixon, according to Ted Kennedy, truly wanted a Universal Bill with people under X amount of money getting regular policy and NOT ushered into sub-par care. In fact, he calls it one of three biggest regrets. We'll read about it in his memoir next month.
I think I hear Slim Whitman in the background singing
There'll be a tombstone every mile. 
It is not good for the dummies to put too much truth in one thread.
