Tuesday, August 25, 2009

A curiosity

Compare the relative ease with which a Democratic Congress and a Republican president passed a $700 billion bailout for failed Wall Street investment firms with how difficult it appears to be for a Democratic Congress and a Democratic president to pass a healthcare proposal many Democrats campaigned on.

What does that tell you about the interests the government serves? Discuss.

4 comments:

  1. Or consider the GWOT. How many hundreds of billions have we dropped into that black hole.

    How many Americans have died on American soil via terrorism since 2001?

    How many as a direct result of our insane health care system.

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  2. Anonymous8:25 AM

    I think you mean 700 billion.

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  3. Thanks for the correction, though in my defense I was likely thinking of the infamous $700 Wall Street bailout of 1794. That was a lot of money back then.

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  4. We have exactly the health care system our corporate masters want us to have, and nothing more. What better way (besides a war, I mean) to clear the planet of useless eaters.

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