I believe in health care for everyone in the United States at a fare price. If congress drops the Public Option to please the insurance industry then I will drop the Democratic Party as a favorite of mine and vote as an Independent in the next election.
The Republican Party loves the idea of the Democratic Party splitting as I am doing. That was their purpose and they have achieved that in the United States Senate.
Dropping the Public Option Drops Me.
The public option is obviously as dead as a doornail. My advice to the progressives is to take what they can get now.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really - a scrap of leftovers tossed out to "American Negros" (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - the one we remember - all-the-more easier seven years later.
We'll live to fight another day.
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