Republican stand against health care reform, abandons American people
On Christmas eve the US Senate voted along party lines 60-39 to support health care reform. This represents a historic occasion, one which all patriotic Americans may take pride in and rejoice. However, the failure of Republicans to support health care reform represents a slap in the face of millions of needy people by selfish, inconsiderate politicians who do not really care about the health and welfare of those who may be less fortunate than themselves. The electorate should remember how these selfish politicians voted against health care reform and throw them out of office when they come up for re-elections.
It is time that the American people come together on the issue of health care reform. Both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives have now passed health care reform legislation. Yet the relatively rich, well-to-do republicans representing insurance company lobbyist and big business interest, failed miserably to listen to the people and support health care reform. The majority of Americans have spoken and said that they want the same access to health care as the more fortunate, employed, and wealth portion of our population enjoys. Republicans should therefore stop acting like stubborn pachyderms with a tuck up their butt and support reformation of the health care industry.
Unfortunately Mississippi is being hurt by the same right wing ultra conservative republican leadership which rejected health care reform. Here we are fighting two wars, thousands of soldiers making the ultimate sacrifice for their country, many more returning from the front lines having lost arms, legs or suffered life-long brain injury as a result of IED explosions or other combat injuries, and republicans who support their walking into harms way will not even support health care reform. This is insane!
Even though veterans may have health care, when a soldier comes home his injuries effect not only him, but his or her whole family. When health care is not regulated and provided economically for any group, it runs up the cost of health care for everyone. One of the results is that the states then have the burden of caring for those who do not have health care, especially the elderly, which leads to a corrupt process that can result in the loss of homes, the break up of families, and the virtual imprisonment of the elderly in institutions and privately owned care facilities which rape and rob them of everything they have.
I have experienced first hand seeing how a failed health care system works. Even though my dear mother, La Faye S. Lynch, had a fantastic package of benefits provided by the VA, Medicare and Medicaid, when she grew old, became ill and, upon the recommendation of her doctor was placed in a nursing home, then began a process of exploitation, rape and robbery by those in power to take everything from our family. The result was loss of our home, everything my parents had work and fought to secure for their family, and the destruction of my family. This was enabled as the only way to fund the astronomical cost of health care was to take power and control of all income and property, to rape and rob my dear mother and destroy her family. Such an atrocity, enabled by a corrupt state government and broken health care system, would never have happened given a national system which provided health care equally to all people.
Therefore when I see republicans lining up to vote, one and all, against health care reform, I cannot but wonder what stock they own in insurance companies, how much money they are getting paid by the lobbyist representing big business, and what lies they may be telling the American people to secure their own little nest egg for themselves. These same republicans are often the ones who own the nursing homes or otherwise have their fingers in the cookie jar such that when people become ill or incapacitated they will reap the reward. Hence it is not only a selfish act when such republicans fail to support health care reform, it is greedy, cruel and an utter unjust exploitation of the poor, helpless or incapacitated!
When a newspaper like The Clarke County Tribune then turns around and tries to brain wash its readers to stepping in line and following Newt tooting republicans, it is especially disturbing. One must ask why this is being done? Who benefits? How much money is being gained? What power and control mechanism is being put in place? Who is benefiting by such attempts to control how people think and vote? These are critical questions, especially given the fact that the people have now spoken and said they want health care reform, yet such Newt tooting newspapers continue to be led around, like a parade of reform each chained to the others, marching in line, leaving in their trail piles of pachyderm poop that we all step in every time we open up the newspaper.
It is quite disgusting, really, especially when you then realize that what is being gained is money! Republicans and those media outlets which are tooting for Newt gain financially by denouncing health care reform. They are part of the broken health care system and hence part of the ruin of America. Thank God that we now have a president like Barack Obama, who is able to lead our great nation forward and muster majority support for health care reform!
I hope and pray that health care reform will become a reality soon. I also pray that then republicans will see the light and get behind health care reform, to improve upon that legislation already drafted to bring more economical and better health care to all Americans. I also pray that the day will come when it will be illegal in our great nation to rape and rob the elderly and their families when a family member grows old, becomes incapacitated, or otherwise suffers accident or injury resulting in catastrophic health care costs. We none are free when there is one who has done nothing but loved, yet is locked away behind electric doors and iron gates, made a nursing home prisoner that others might exploit, rape and rob them for their own private benefit.
It is time that the American people come together on the issue of health care reform. Both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives have now passed health care reform legislation. Yet the relatively rich, well-to-do republicans representing insurance company lobbyist and big business interest, failed miserably to listen to the people and support health care reform. The majority of Americans have spoken and said that they want the same access to health care as the more fortunate, employed, and wealth portion of our population enjoys. Republicans should therefore stop acting like stubborn pachyderms with a tuck up their butt and support reformation of the health care industry.
Unfortunately Mississippi is being hurt by the same right wing ultra conservative republican leadership which rejected health care reform. Here we are fighting two wars, thousands of soldiers making the ultimate sacrifice for their country, many more returning from the front lines having lost arms, legs or suffered life-long brain injury as a result of IED explosions or other combat injuries, and republicans who support their walking into harms way will not even support health care reform. This is insane!
Even though veterans may have health care, when a soldier comes home his injuries effect not only him, but his or her whole family. When health care is not regulated and provided economically for any group, it runs up the cost of health care for everyone. One of the results is that the states then have the burden of caring for those who do not have health care, especially the elderly, which leads to a corrupt process that can result in the loss of homes, the break up of families, and the virtual imprisonment of the elderly in institutions and privately owned care facilities which rape and rob them of everything they have.
I have experienced first hand seeing how a failed health care system works. Even though my dear mother, La Faye S. Lynch, had a fantastic package of benefits provided by the VA, Medicare and Medicaid, when she grew old, became ill and, upon the recommendation of her doctor was placed in a nursing home, then began a process of exploitation, rape and robbery by those in power to take everything from our family. The result was loss of our home, everything my parents had work and fought to secure for their family, and the destruction of my family. This was enabled as the only way to fund the astronomical cost of health care was to take power and control of all income and property, to rape and rob my dear mother and destroy her family. Such an atrocity, enabled by a corrupt state government and broken health care system, would never have happened given a national system which provided health care equally to all people.
Therefore when I see republicans lining up to vote, one and all, against health care reform, I cannot but wonder what stock they own in insurance companies, how much money they are getting paid by the lobbyist representing big business, and what lies they may be telling the American people to secure their own little nest egg for themselves. These same republicans are often the ones who own the nursing homes or otherwise have their fingers in the cookie jar such that when people become ill or incapacitated they will reap the reward. Hence it is not only a selfish act when such republicans fail to support health care reform, it is greedy, cruel and an utter unjust exploitation of the poor, helpless or incapacitated!
When a newspaper like The Clarke County Tribune then turns around and tries to brain wash its readers to stepping in line and following Newt tooting republicans, it is especially disturbing. One must ask why this is being done? Who benefits? How much money is being gained? What power and control mechanism is being put in place? Who is benefiting by such attempts to control how people think and vote? These are critical questions, especially given the fact that the people have now spoken and said they want health care reform, yet such Newt tooting newspapers continue to be led around, like a parade of reform each chained to the others, marching in line, leaving in their trail piles of pachyderm poop that we all step in every time we open up the newspaper.
It is quite disgusting, really, especially when you then realize that what is being gained is money! Republicans and those media outlets which are tooting for Newt gain financially by denouncing health care reform. They are part of the broken health care system and hence part of the ruin of America. Thank God that we now have a president like Barack Obama, who is able to lead our great nation forward and muster majority support for health care reform!
I hope and pray that health care reform will become a reality soon. I also pray that then republicans will see the light and get behind health care reform, to improve upon that legislation already drafted to bring more economical and better health care to all Americans. I also pray that the day will come when it will be illegal in our great nation to rape and rob the elderly and their families when a family member grows old, becomes incapacitated, or otherwise suffers accident or injury resulting in catastrophic health care costs. We none are free when there is one who has done nothing but loved, yet is locked away behind electric doors and iron gates, made a nursing home prisoner that others might exploit, rape and rob them for their own private benefit.
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