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It's not BS insomuch as it's a part of a larger strategy of fearmongering. For whatever reason, many people on the right are absolutely convinced that because the government does screw up from time to time—which I readily admit it does—it will absolutely screw up everything without exception and any time that the government gets more responsibility it's a step towards Nazi-style fascism. These fears, which are almost entirely unfounded, are reinforced at nearly all levels of conservative controlled media with a consistency that would make Adolf blush with envy. And man, could that guy blush.
While it's possible that through many changes the US government could sink towards a place where Nazism once was, it's almost certainly not going to happen because of an attempt to offer a public health care program. For evidence of that, we need not look any farther than our friends to the north, the Canadians. They're not living in an Orwellian nightmare or are entering the first phase of state/military sponsored social Darwinism and military expansionism. Things are actually doing okay up there right now. It's not a perfect system, but it's really quite nice and I *think* that if more Americans really understood how well it worked we would be able to get over this hurdle and on to more pressing matters.
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