Democrats want to take all our money and return to us one dime out of each dollar.
Republicans want to take all our money and give it to corporations and the wealthy.
Neither is acceptable!
Campaign 2010
Countdown to Congressional Elections
The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
All US taxpayers will pay for the proposed expansion of Medicare for Nebraska. That assures him of a victory in his next election bid. He also got a big present for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska. That assures him of probably a million dollars in direct and indirect contributions during his next run for the Senate. [...]
No Democrat in the Senate should have to worry about having a heavily laden war chest for their next re-election campaign. The health care industry owes them big. [...]
The current so-called Republican leadership would make Joseph McCarthy very proud. The “debate”, if you want to call it that, will be looked back on as the beginning of the final Armageddon that brought down the United States. [...]
Would you trust a study by a company that said a bill, which would take billions of dollars out of their pocket, was a bad thing for the American public? [...]
So here’s my question: If the Republicans have such a great idea of what the healthcare bill should look like, why didn’t they offer that during the first six years under George W. Bush? The answer is obvious. [...]
Murtha has been connected to several corrupt cases, many where his brother and nephew were involved. For the life of me I can not understand why the FBI has not chopped the legs from under this crook. But Murtha has been on the job for 35 years, and who knows what kind of dirt he has about other powerful people. [...]
To help make sure their money is well spent and they get their way, the health care industry has hired 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress to push their wished through. Republican Richard (Dick) Armey and Democrat Richard Gephardt, both ex-congressmen, are among those 350. [...]
This is an issue that we-the-public can not afford to play politics on. We need to be very skeptical in what our favorite talking heads and politicians are telling us. It’s very important to question what they are saying, and, at least this one time, do our own research into what’s good and what’s bad in the proposals. [...]