The phrase 'private option' itself has become politically toxic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.
I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
Nothing in human life is inherently private.
When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.
We're allowed to have had a private life before politics in which we make mistakes and do things we should not.
When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we need to be concerned about.
So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.
They defined what was private and what was public and they would move it whenever they wished.
Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term.