Today would have been my dad's 63rd birthday.
Dad considered himself politically independent. He was more liberal than most of his close friends, but voted for Republican candidates as well as Democratic. He believed in personal freedom, liberty, and allowing people to make their own choices and decisions; but he also believed we have a responsibility to help one another and make the world a better place for others.
I wonder, then, how he would have felt about the health care reform bill that recently passed. Would he have supported it for providing health care to those who need it, and extending care for everyone? Or would he have opposed it for taking choices away from people, potentially raising the cost of health care, and for potentially socializing health care?
Mood: Thoughtful
Music: The Beatles: "Yer Blues"
