Derek Penwell

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Election 2012: So, Whats the Takeaway? — [D]mergent

The election is over. But what election would be complete without the valedictory, the “take-away,” the things we learned or should learn? I have some thoughts about the election in no particular order: Healthcare—The Presidential election made a statement about, among other things, what we think of people’s access to healthcare. Whatever else Obamacare does or fails to do, it makes the case that people’s access to healthcare is a moral issue—and not simply an economic issue, or a personal freedom issue, or an assertion about the dangers of “creeping socialism” . . . continue reading at Election 2012: So, Whats the Takeaway? — [D]mergent.