HIST125-1301A-07 : American Culture in Transition
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John Waller
January 24, 2013
My general view of American history is that it is very important to know our history to prevent the mistakes we as a country have made in the past. I really believe that if we forget our past mistakes we are doomed to repeat them. So by saying this I think that the study of American history is not only helpful to our county as a whole but also very needful for each person in our country to help shape the future.
I believe that most people don’t really understand the importance of knowing our past so they see no need to study our past. I believe the only real way of changing that view is by changing the way American history is taught to us by using examples of what happens when a society has forgotten the lessons of their past. Also another good way of teaching the importance of remembering history is just pointing out how our own past mistakes when not learned from are repeated.
I decided to discuss the health care debate due to all of the history involved in other countries that have government controlled health care. When the healthcare bill was first passed a lot of people were against it being past due to in every country that has government controlled healthcare the heath care has went downhill to the point of certain operations were put on extreamly long wating list and others were not even done at all. Due to this many have came to America seeking these operations to servive. I find that by looking at the history of this debate you find why government controlled healthcare is a bad option. I think also that when the bill was wrote by using the past history it was wrote in such a way as to prevent some of the issues that government controlled health care have produced in the