rickyp wrote:fate

In a socialist system, you'd be right. But, read carefully, not every problem is best-solved by the Federal government. That's not the system we have, comrade

You have socialized medicine. Its called Medicare.
And its very popular.
Because its better than what came before.

It's popular among those it has yet to kill.

We also have the VA, which is a pure socialist system. Please tell me how great it is.

Fate

Bunk. It takes two to tango.

In the US system of governance, with arcane rules in the Senate and House, it just takes one side to obstruct.

Yes, and Harry Reid has been a major obstructor--at the President's behest.

A minority can top the will of the majority easily. (And that's minority of Senators.... if you want to analyze how democratic that is ... Senators representing as little as 24% of the population of the US can stop legislation.) And individual Senators have the power to stop some legislation or funding...

False. The minority in the Senate can stall a bill. However, it cannot "top the will of the majority." That would imply it can pass legislation over the objection of the majority. That's false.

Further, the idea that laws should be difficult to pass and require negotiation is part of our system. That's the part President Obama doesn't like. He'd prefer his subjects obey him.