12 September 2009

And The Survey Says...

Your humble blogger and wife seem to have hit that demographic where we are endlessly bombarded with surveys. Mostly, we ignore them. But last Thursday we received a survey in the mail from a graduate student at Southern University's Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs here in Baton Rouge, informing me that I had been selected to participate in a bit of research called, "Social Capital a Determinant of Political Decisions in Health Policy: A Case for a Single Payer Universal Healthcare System in Louisiana."

M'Kay.

According to the letter, this student wants to deduce "the likelihood of Louisiana voters to consider a universal health care system for Louisianians if presented during an election."

M'kay.

I think I'll answer the two-page survey, out of courtesy, though I can provide this young student the answer they seek and save them the trouble: The likelihood is zero. Nada. Not a chance in hell. Pigs will grow wings and fly first. The era of Huey Long's every-man-a-king populism, is over.

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