
As welfare loving Democrat I've always admired the republicans for their ability to get billions more in government dollars and assistance for their cronies than we could for ours. Big tax cuts and incentives for off shoring corporate headquarters. There isn't a business built or added on to in America today that hasn't gotten some tax increment financing or a government grant or zoning variance. Hell. The government even pays tobacco farmers not to grow tobacco. God forbid the price of tobacco collapse and we have cheap cigarettes everywhere. Plus, government needs the price of tobacco high so it can tax the shit out of the poor that use it to make up for all the tax breaks the rich get.
As clever as these neocon shysters are at getting government largess, for some reason their aversion to national health insurance is mind boggling. These jokers love that government has two occupations going to keep defense contractors busy making government money.. A huge deficit that keeps the Fed from raising interest rates so money is cheap. A Congress over a barrel because they know the economy could collapse without it's injection of billions into the lending system.
For all the government largess they get, imagine how much more they could get if government took over health care and removed that burden from employers. If some health insurance companies go out of business I doubt the righties would lose any sleep because none of them seem to feel any remorse at shipping jobs to China. If you guys think you will miss a few of your buddies at the club, give them jobs as waiters and bathroom attendants to sooth your consciences.
It's always been a sort of joke that "righties hate the poor." But their hatred of national health insurance validates this. They would rather keep the burden of health insurance on employers than see it shifted and all people contribute to and benefit from a national health insurance system. Even though this would be in the best interests of American Business.
Perhaps the wealthy are jealous of social programs that aid the poor. So they use government as a giant social program to aid the rich. Or they're afraid a poor person might get as good a health care as they get. Don't worry my wealthy fellow Americans. Your stuff will always better than the rest of ours.






