Like many Americans, I am confused by the health care debate. I wonder why I can’t import cheaper drugs from India just like corporations input cheaper labor from India. I think, on the one hand, profit does spur innovation, but, on the other hand, isn’t the healthcare industry too greedy? I don’t trust political leaders and government bureaucrats to do it right, but I also don’t trust insurance companies and Big Pharma. There really is only one person I trust in this whole debate, and that is Hillary Clinton. Isn’t it ironic that hers is the one voice that is silent?
I wish I could just talk to her, ask her, “Hillary, what do you think about this whole mess? What should we do?” (Yes, I still feel that personal, first-name connection.)
Of course, I could never trust what she says if she speaks only as a mouthpiece for this administration, and that’s what I would think if she breaks her silence now. I guess, then, I am glad for her silence. Even though I am lonely. Even though the silence of that one voice of reason drowns out all the raucous voices that I hear.
