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Most of us live with the expectation of something better. That
is why we believe in "once upon a time" and that somebody
may shower us with the fulfillment of all our best hopes. Unfortunately,
this difficult task cannot be carried out by God or aliens, but
only by a country's leader. It happens that humble laymen, time
after time, will elect the one who can most beautifully tell a folk
tale about how his magic words will turn to an endless source of
plenty. Americans often mistakenly, but persistently, continue to
believe in kind Uncle Sam.
What compels mere mortals to be caught in the trap of backstage
intrigues? Money? Gifts? Advertisement? Or perhaps still ... the
principles that form our psyche. Most likely there are some unwavering
rules, which cause us to make a decision regardless of material
circumstances. After all, people choose what is good for the consciousness,
and from two good things choose one which is nicer for the soul.
Human beings can deny material wealth or life itself for the sake
of a somehow attractive idea (for example: the revolution of 1917
in Russia). The worthwhile idea might have such a power over us,
like a narcotic over a drug addict, for the sake of which we are
ready to do anything!
Therefore, the election campaign might be won not by the one who
invested more money, but by the one, who invested wisely. That is
to say, who has a "worthwhile-for-people" idea in the
first place. An idea could be positive or negative. Please recall,
for example, how easily German people followed Hitler, who said
that Germans - "were the selected nation" and he would
make it "the most prosperous nation in the world." Is
it worth it, for the sake of political power, to involve citizens
in a quagmire? Scarcely! It seems that citizens of this country
can receive a better lifestyle using other means.
In reality, the fight between competing sides in the presidential
election is not a war of money, but ideas. The main question for
a party leader is a matter of choosing the right idea for people's
minds.
Imagine two presidential candidates. One of them stakes his election
campaign on health reform, the other one - on economic reform. Suppose
that both programs are equally good, the question is which one will
win. Before the proper answer can be given, a decision should be
made about what the No. 1 priority is in the minds of the constituents:
health or economy.
For the government, it is economy. But for the population, according
to public opinion, personal health is much closer to the soul than
common economy. If you are healthy, you can work and make money.
No health - no money! Of course, it does not mean that the economy
is not important to them, just that the priority of health programs
stands higher. Compare the number of people with economic priorities
in the political consciousness, to those who consider their prosperity
dependant on health, and the rest will follow.
The economy of the entire country is the first concern of a president,
then the environment and then his opposition party.
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A relatively small percentage of the American population will vote
for the candidate who has a stronger economic platform, and the
remaining majority...? The one who builds his election campaign
on health reform is, therefore, destined for success and in principle
can't lose (on condition that the programs of both candidates are
equal in value or the program for Health Reform is better).
If somebody states that the majority of people are interested in
the economy, but not in health, since not all people have health problems,
I answer, that the most important and cherished human possession is
life itself, duration of which directly depends on the health of the
person. Economic priority could be more important in the minds of
constituents only under one circumstance - when none of the candidates
promotes Health Reform. As soon as the idea of health improvement
appears, it will immediately shove from the pedestal all motley economic
pretenders to the throne. Take for example how President Clinton's
unsuccessful attempt at Health Reform brought about a very successful
inauguration.
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Do
not rejoice if misfortune passed by your home - it has gone
to another. And although you have an individual body - remember
that in reality you are a one-six-billionth part of a single
humanity. And each individual unhappiness is at once your
misfortune and another of our civilization's scratches at
our planet's fresh wound. And if for the sake of personal
gain someone does not yet feel the dangerous changes internally
in his organism and therefore does not take action, then I
have only one question for them: How much did they pay God
for their health insurance?
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It seems a good idea to accept Health Reform as the main strategy
for the success in the election campaign. As long as "words do
not diverge from deeds," it would become living proof for millions
of Americans, that they can trust such a party. We are ready to start
such a reform in New York City now!
Unlike other reforms which do not require system changes, we propose
to start from the most important part of our life - HEALTH and link
it with ECONOMICS and POLITICS in one indivisible entity. This sequence
from main to secondary will have priority in any mind instead of
main in a secondary place. It means that people not only will elect
this reform with its leader, but also will sincerely support it.
(An analogous example - imagine, that you need to repair your door.
One type of a handyman will take away the door, and only then will
start to think which door is better for the replacement and where
to buy it. There is another type of a handyman, who always starts
to do the job only in the case he has the necessary replacement.
Which type of a handyman will you prefer? The same rules of success
will apply to political leaders).
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