Nobby wrote:
Add in the mega-profitability of the healthcare insurance companies (they'd have to go too, comrades) and there's no way in a month of Sundays USA could establish a European style state funded system.
Sucks to be you
The older I get, the more failures I see in my own government. Being a member of the US military for several years, even I, can look at other governments and look at my government and say "WTF?!"
I love the United States as much as any American should, however, I feel more and more, due to unfair taxation, miss-government, and failure of communication between the people of the United States, and its representatives; I feel the US Government is becoming a lost cause. A lot cause, not to foreign governments, but because of huge corporate conglomerates. Reading the various reports of past presidents, congressmen, and presidents and congressmen to be, being bought by these huge industrial/commercial entities, that the US Government is failing, and will continue to fail, that which matters most: US citizens.
It is a sad day when Americans have to suffer because HMO's or Medical Insurance Companies refuse payment on customers that have been paying for decades.
While this might (and rightfully so) be considered a liberal issue, all of us, rich or poor, one day will succumb to illness. Those of you who know my personal view on the subject, might understand my personal interest in the topic.
What pisses me off further, is there are a lot of fu
ckwads in my generation:
"Politics doesn't matter'
"Because of <blah, blah, blah> my vote doesn't matter.
Et cetera.
They're all excuses for us (my generation) of not getting off our asses and voting for matter that are truly important. While I may not be the most political savvy person in the world, I do realize it's importance.
Edited, Feb 11th 2008 8:27am by Rimesume