Here's something I came across that I think pretty aptly characterizes the Republican attitude about health care especially, and government in general:
"It is when I see others degraded that I rejoice knowing it is better to be me than the scum of 'the people.' Whenever men are equal, without that difference, happiness cannot exist. So you wouldn't aid the humble, the unhappy. In all the world no voluptuousness flatters the senses more than social privilege."
It's from 120 Days of Sodom, a movie based on writings by The Marquis de Sade which I encountered in high school. As disgusting a quotation as it is, it made me feel sort of at peace with the opponents of health care reform; at least it's a logical statement, and doesn't try to mask it's true feelings. Fascist? Yes. But at least unabashedly so.
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