I think SDI is a pie-in-the sky fantasy. Mainly corporate welfare, like all the failed planes and helicopters that crash the U.S. military has poured billions into in the last decade. Somebody is smiling all the way to the bank, but not the families of our scores of dead aircraft crew.

Meanwhile, here in Colorado the percentage of companies offering health insurance to their employees has fallen to just over 50%, (according to the Denver Post). Sure, if you land a job with a major corporation, you'll be allowed to spend three or four hundred bucks a month for spotty coverage. But if you work for a small, independent business, you probably won't have health coverage at all. And thanks to Medicare and Medicaid rule changes, hospital consolidation, and the fraud of "managed care", an uninsured lady with breast cancer will be denied treatment in Colorado. Just left to die. Likewise other afflictions except immediate emergencies, which must be treated.

I know this seems off topic, but just ask the folks denied health care for terminal illnesses if they give a flying fuck about "Star Wars" defense. I think not.

Bill and Hillary had it right, but were shot down. We should provide at least basic, affordable health care for every citizen, BEFORE ensuring profitability for the military-industrial complex with dreams like SDI.