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SushiSake3 at 12:15 PM JST - 5th March
"You deserve better."
That's what people who bother to think about this issue would believe, unless they have totally bought into the hailstorm of fear-mongering rhetoric spewing out of the hard Right and conservative talk show hosts in that this is a 'Government Takeover' of healthcare.
If you want to…
Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 12:15 PM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:35 AM JST - 5th March
It's becoming really clear in this and related threads that there is a solid mass of Americans who are near paranoid about 'Government control.'
But hell, let's face it - what are Medicare nad Medicaid but Government controlled programs???
Are they "Socialist" too?
Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 11:35 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:33 AM JST - 5th March
Wolpack - "Yes, and those countries are beginning to go bankrupt."
Your point is moot. America has been completely bankrupt for more than a decade.
"Taxes will have to be raised greatly just to pay for the interest."
**Have you only just realized this? ** Liberals were talking about rising…
Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 11:33 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:17 AM JST - 5th March
Skip, you may well be right. If Wikipedia is accurate,
"Universal health care is implemented in **all **industrialized countries, with the exception of the United States.[1] It is also provided in many developing countries."
Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 11:17 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 11:00 AM JST - 5th March
Yuri - well said!
"If Americans want to live up to their core values of freedom they have to grant it to others."
I agree.
Posted in Japan tells U.S. existing Futenma relocation plan off the table at 11:00 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 10:53 AM JST - 5th March
It's amazing how the country that creates the most wealth in the global economy cannot implement a universal healthcare system.
Most of the rest of the developed world can and has.
Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 10:53 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 10:35 AM JST - 5th March
Molenir is right.
According to GOP Talking Points, this nasty bit of legislation that "75% of Americans Want Scrapped" is in fact a "Socialist" "Government Takeover" (cue: shrieking) that is being "Forced Down Our Throats."
Well, that's what the well-dressed (and no doubt, well insured) folks sitting around in chairs…
Posted in Obama urges Democrats to seize moment on health care at 10:35 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 07:52 AM JST - 5th March
Watch out - GOP Talking Point No.6125: 'The government is trying to push (or 'ram') this bill down our throats.'
GOP Talking Point No.6214 - 'No one supports this bill' (or its variant -) GOP Talking Point No.6215 - '75% of people are against this bill'
(How can they have…
Posted in Obama demands vote on health care reform at 07:52 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 02:30 AM JST - 5th March
"75% of Americans want this bill scrapped" - that'd be according to the 'Fair and Balanced' folks down at Fox News, I'd expect.
Posted in Obama demands vote on health care reform at 02:30 AM JST - 5th March
SushiSake3 at 02:21 AM JST - 5th March
Newsweek poll - 48% favor Democrat healthcare bill.
ABC-Washington Post - 63% say keep trying to pass this bill.
CBS/NY Times - 59% favor public option.
Hmm....now who was out there saying 75% of Americans want this bill scrapped?
Posted in Obama demands vote on health care reform at 02:21 AM JST - 5th March