What I am getting a lot of these days in conversations with my leftist friends with regard to the healthcare bill(s) before congress is,"OK, maybe they're not perfect, but doing something is better than doing nothing, right?"My answer is typically something like:If your car runs out of gas on the side of the highway, is it better to fill the gas tank with rocks and dirt or is it better to fill it with nothing?If you are stranded at sea in a rowboat and are thirsty, is it better to drink sea water or to drink nothing?If you have a bullet in your head and were fortunate enough to survive, but it is lodged dangerously close to a critical brain component, is it better to remove it or do nothing?Doing ‘something' is not better than doing nothing. Doing ‘something' is either better than, worse than or equivalent to doing nothing.In history of political decisions, doing ‘something' has often been far worse than doing nothing. Doing ‘something' has, at...(Read Full Post)