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>In a democracy, when the government fails, you can vote it out and get a new one.

When's balloting for HHS principal deputy administrator? I keep missing those elections. :-)

Americans have time and again voted against social welfare.

"Social welfare" hasn't been on the ballot for well over a century.

That's a fine point. If you can't vote for each individual position in the government, then really you don't have the same influence you have over a multinational conglomerate's insurance division.

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