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Thread #122219 Message #2692419
Posted By: VirginiaTam
02-Aug-09 - 05:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nationalized Healthcare, good? bad?
Subject: RE: BS: Nationalized Healthcare, good? bad?
The reality of the system in the US is that people die, because they cannot get the medical care they need. My daughter died!
Why anyone "in the self-professed greatest nation on earth" is prepared to let that happen to their fellow citizens is beyond me.
But then I think about Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans which still continues and I realise the apathy in the US is soul numbing.
People need to do more than say what they think with that occasional vote. They need to be activists and advocate for what is right and fair.
McGrath is right. We will never see American's "take to the streets" for this cause, because the ones who could make a difference the ones with the time, money and connections are comfortable with where they are and what they have.
The poor sod working 2 to 3 jobs per week just to keep roof and food for his/her family can't take to the streets. They don't have the bloody time. They can't miss work.
God, Why don't people get it!