Monday, September 24, 2007

Healthcare Surrender Monkeys

Ever since reading Nickel and Dimed I've been a Barbara Ehrenreich fan. One more reason why:

Bow your heads and raise the white flags. After facing down the Third Reich, the Japanese Empire, the USSR, Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein, the United States has met an enemy it dares not confront—the American private health insurance industry. With the courageous exception of Dennis Kucinich, the Democratic candidates have all rolled out health "reform" plans that represent total, Chamberlain-like, appeasement.
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She puts into words exactly what I'm feeling. After hearing Clinton's health care plan I thought the Republicans couldn't have put together anything more favorable to corporate America. With Democrats like this, who needs Republicans?

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