That's not a problem with government per se
that's a problem with your government. Which, under your system of governance, makes it a problem with the US citizenry.
You guys are in a liquidity trap, and face the very real prospect of deflation. Considering the debt levels that the US faces, that's a very dim prospect. You also have a very real crisis of confidence in the domestic market, coupled with what has come to be a boatload of contempt outside of it due to US behaviour over this decade.
Those communist bastards at the Financial Times seem to think the problem is that the bill doesn't spend enough money (http://www.ft.com/cm...ml?nclick_check=1) and is very worried that the rump of the Republican party might manage to scuttle anything effective in that bill.
Say Bill, it's been proven in every other industrialised economy that giving away health care saves money, in large part through the power of monopsony. Why don't we take a look at what the long term costs of teen pregnancy are, and compare them to giving away those condoms... it may very well be that giving away condoms saves money... it's pretty clear that private health care sure doesn't.
