I thought reform meant:
NOUN:
1. A change for the better; an improvement.
2. Correction of evils, abuses, or errors.
3. Action to improve social or economic conditions without radical or revolutionary change.
I see the misuse of the word, according to this Nationalized health care issue, do you?
Wonder why we don't trust politicians?
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Why is it that in politics the word %26quot;REFORM%26quot; always means a new program?
Because in politics, reform also means: Reach for your wallets, we're going to start spending even more of your money!
Why is it that in politics the word %26quot;REFORM%26quot; always means a new program?
Both matters a lot!
Without having a debate against your conservatism, i'd say it comes under number three:
3.Action to improve social or economic conditions without radical or revolutionary change.
Most Bills in Congress are designed to reform an old, Failed Bill. What does that tell you about the efficiency of all government programs, and why do they continue to add more and more despite a track record of failure?
You are correct. However, the word can be used differently than that.
A new program can be an improvement of what we currently have. Reform is also a verb, meaning:
鈥搗erb (used with object) 4. to change to a better state, form, etc.; improve by alteration, substitution, abolition, etc.
5. to cause (a person) to abandon wrong or evil ways of life or conduct.
6. to put an end to (abuses, disorders, etc.).
7. Chemistry. to subject to the process of reforming, as in refining petroleum.
Even though a new program is being introduced rather than fixing the current program, it is still considered reform. We're still working with the same premise (healthcare), but doing something different with it.
they are taking the first definition to extremes. they think %26quot;change for the better%26quot; means %26quot;chucking it out and making something completely different%26quot;
Because politicians speak a different language than we do. They use many of the same words we use, but they have a different meaning when politicians speak.
You are right, Medicare should be reformed, as an example Medicare Advantage is ridiculous, it competes with Medicare, and is administered by insurance companies, now make sense of that. Talk about an insurance lobbyist dream, and the plan was made worse by Congress June 2007, hello, Dems.
A curious part of Obama's political strategy is 'semantics'.
He is vary careful to choose words for his programs that 'soften or down-play' the actual description of the program.
For instance: he won't use the term 'War on Terror'.
He also changed 'Global Warming' to 'Climate Change'.
He is a master of 'euphemism's' and 'Doublespeak'!
How can this person be trusted!
