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Republicans Should Kill Obamacare or Let It Die
This half-measure of tweaking the program is worse than nothing -- for Americans and for the party.
Obamacare: America's answer to the North Korean "Hotel of Doom."
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This week everyone's talking about health care, as you can imagine. I want to talk first about concrete. As you may not so easily be able to imagine.
Concrete is a marvelous substance. There’s a reason it is the backbone of modern cities, and some much-loved ancient treasures, like Rome’s Pantheon, as well as much-hated eyesores, like Boston’s appalling City Hall or North Korea’s notorious “Hotel of Doom”: It's cheap. It's strong. It's versatile … until it sets. Then you're basically stuck with it.