E-Man, I will have to binge on this documentary at a later date, and I will.
Nixon was a brilliant & visionary man, but deeply & obviously flawed.
These items would make today's Republicans' heads spin:
1) Opening relationships with a rogue nation (Red China).
2) The first really serious efforts to limit nukes
3) Price controls (both wholesale & retail) for most consumer items
4) Proposing a single-payer gov't healthcare system (which, ironically, Ted Kennedy was responsible for shooting down.)
For those who actually consider evidence, all the developed countries's populations as wholes spend less with better outcomes than the US. However, for some individuals, obviously there are problems with wait times. Also, interestingly, the US presently anywhere near the top in the number of small business start-ups per population. The heavily socialist Scandinavian countries, along with Canada beats us on that. I would hypothesize the risk of losing health insurance for one's entire family by leaving a job/career has something to do with the US's relative shortage of entrepreneurship. I know that is one of primary reasons that I stayed at my job after my 13-year-old daughter's bout with colon cancer. At that time, quitting or getting fired would have lead to a strong possibility of her NEVER being able to be insured during her lifetime if I would remain in the US.