In a Q&A at Harvard Wednesday night, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele took a question about “rhetoric dishonesty” in the GOP’s framing of health care reform.
“I’m thinking in particular of this charge that the bill represented a form of socialism or government takeover of the entire health care industry. So I’m wondering if you’re willing to — ” the student asked.
“That’s not socialism?” Steele asked.
“That wasn’t what was being proposed,” said the questioner.
“Really? OK,” Steele said. A few moments later, he said:
“While I appreciate what you’re saying about folks on my side or Republicans who sorta characterize this as socialism, any time the government looks to take over the means of production — health care — you gotta raise the question of where’s the government going to go.”
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(Thanks to the Harvard University Institute of Politics for the video.)
