Why are Washington and the public so timid in the face of truly fundamental concerns?

Has anyone asked what will be the fundamental concerns of people in the 21st century?

The experiment is an effort by Medicare to address a fundamental concern about the current payment system.

Beyond the technical issues is a more fundamental concern: how much control do you take away from the driver?

But many in the medical community also have fundamental concerns about the ethics of these guarantees.

"We buy and sell the stock based on fundamental concerns."

Child welfare is a fundamental concern and a basic objective.

The right to safety and security is a fundamental concern for all our citizens.

My fundamental concern at this moment is the resolution of a specific dispute.

Administration officials said the changes did not come close to resolving the more fundamental concerns they had about the treaty.