# How conservative are the conservatives? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-conservative-are-the-conservatives/607605 "2011-12-28T05:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-conservative-are-the-conservatives/607605/12 "2011-12-29T21:38:21Z")
Increasing the cost of medical care is not the same as going back to the _status quo ante._ Medical care used to be cheaper! > [@Born & Raised & Living in the USA: If you DESPISED the USA, How would you destroy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-raised-living-in-the-usa-if-you-despised-the-usa-how-would-you-destroy-it/607491/25): > > Well, first of all, the conservative platform you outlined\* was what generally existed in the US prior to about 1970, and we were doing just peachy. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > Most of what was posted is either not part of the platform, or was part of the status quo in the 60s. > … > So, you can do the math if you want. Most of it is either BS (ie, not part of the GOP platform) or was part of the status quo in the 60s. At any rate, it would not ruin the US, and it certainly wouldn’t be the best way to ruin the US. > > n.b.: I do not favor that platform, but at least let’s get it right rather posting a bunch of BS. As I pointed out, most of that “platform” is not “what we had” in contradiction to your claim. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-conservative-are-the-conservatives/607605)._