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Haven't we been here before?

I am not fooled by the current "debate" going on about healthcare in this country. The right wing curiously frames their opposition argument in terms of fiscal imperatives. Hmmm. This stance sounds strangely congruous with the South's defense of slavery in the late 1800s. Less a moral issue and more a financial inconvenience... smells like capitalism...

Fat Cat Insurance companies and the Cotton/ Tobacco industry of America's past have scarily similar interests... the financial bottom line. Little do most people know or care to accept, slavery was not about skin color. Nope. Sure wasn't. It was about FREE LABOR. The argument that blacks were somehow sub-human was concocted to moralize and justify their enslavement. America was literally built on the blood, sweat, and tears of its enslaved, uncompensated population. Yay Capitalism!

Blacks= The modern day uninsured

It is far cheaper and lucrative for the insurance industry to subscribe to the status quo then make the right choice to insure that all Americans have quality medical coverage. Just as it was far cheaper and lucrative for slave masters/ plantation owners to continue to subjugate and exploit Blacks in the name of capitalism... Three Cheers for Capitalism!

Slave masters= Insurance Industry

Just as 1864 was a defining year for America, so is 2009. We, Americans, are charged with the dilemma of re-configuring the healthcare industry just as our fore fathers were challenged with the elimination of slavery. Both situations were abominable. Both moral imperatives. MORAL!!!!!! Access to quality and affordable healthcare for all Americans is not an issue of finance. If it were, any American with a 7th grade education could think of 10 or more frivolous usages of tax payer revenue that could be cut to absorb this cost. Do we all recall the 400 dollar toilet seat and the 500 dollar haircut trends? ... The problem is the Boss Hog, Fat Cat, Robber Barons of the Insurance Industry don't want to color in the lines (remember Robber Barons from 7th grade History Class? Thank You Mrs. Thorpe I knew it would come in handy one day!). They feel that they are entitled to make 900% more a year than the Average American and STILL deny them access to care. Let's hear a big cheer for Capitalism!!!!!

(silence)

Oh yeah, that's right... Capitalism kinda sucks.

Cover and flank me with your prayers and you can rest assured I am doing the same for you...

Scooby