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That may not be fair. It may actually be quite fair. It does seem to me that he’s certainly not afraid of a massive government program. He probably saw this (the TTC) as infrastructure development. I saw it as building a highway to where the jobs were going to move to. Was that something I was going to be thrilled about? No.

I’m not sure what his take on Obamacare is. He may oppose it seeing how Obama rammed it through. He should be able to see it from a state’s point of view. That should help him oppose it. Would that make him abolish it, or cause him to tweak it so that it was a “Republican” idea instead of a Democrat one, vs a Conservative one? I don’t know. It’s something he’ll have to address.

Personally, I want health care returned to the private sector where it belongs. I want government out of it. I want personal savings accounts and doctor, patient, and hospital relationships to rule the day.

I also want insurance companies out of it, except for policies with very high deductables. The insurance industry siphons of hundreds of billions of dollars per year, that don’t provide one dime in health care. That needs to stop ASAP. People need to conduct their business with physicians and other health care providers and institution. They do not need middle-men, except for the most drastic medical problems that arise. Self-insuring would cover most of their needs.

This same pool could be used to self-insure on auto, dental, and other similar plans. Think of all the money folks could save, if they didn’t have to buy insurance on all those plans. And think of the power they would have to negotiate with providers, if they had a person relationship.

Quit giving away tens of billions in services to the citizen of other nations, and we’ll be well on our way to a fix as a first step, or part of the first series of steps.