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We do it for the illusion of freedom which is used to trick unfortunately ignorant people out of services that would cost the wealthy a bigger percentage of their income.

"Choose what X is right for you and your family"

This allows the wealthy the chance to choose a better level of healthcare, schools, and basically everything else leaving the rest of the nation to choose only what they can afford (guess what, its not much). By patronizing the nation by saying "You're so smart, you know better what you need than a stupid Washington bureaucrat like me!", they stroke our ego's just enough to convince people that they are able to get a better deal (ie, beat the system).

It infuriates me that the people who ran for office and chose to "represent" us in a lot of cases completely abdicate their responsibility to do anything. Not to be partisan, but one party is a lot worse about this than another, to me if you go through all the trouble to put yourself in government and enrich yourself handsomely while you are there, at least fucking pretend you are going to try and solve something rather than this self-deprecation that comes out of the Republican party.