Jim Hightower | HEALTH CARE MORALITY

Jim Hightower HEALTH CARE MORALITY:

“How is it that the richest country with the most democratic ideals of any country in the history of the world has 45 million people with no health coverage and millions more with pathetic coverage? And how is it that We The People pay $1.2 trillion a year to a corporate health care complex (more than any other people pay) and rank only 37th in the world in the quality of health care we receive?”

“The Powers That Be just shrug their shoulders and say, well, sadly, America can’t afford a system of good quality coverage for all. Can’t afford it? George W says America can afford the $1.2 trillion in tax giveaways he’s bestowed on the wealthiest people in our land. He says America can afford the $300 billion in direct costs already shelled out for his war of lies in Iraq. He says America can afford the hundreds-of-billions of tax dollars being pocketed by drug companies and insurance giants through his boondoggle prescription drug program.”

Between healthcare, global warming, avian flu and God only knows what else is coming down the pike, shouldn’t we give some more back to that all important upper 2% so they can afford the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed…And yes it is class warfare, and we have been losing for a long time.

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