President Obama was elected by a healthy margin because the promises he made struck a chord with voters. Democrats were given a healthy margin in Congress because voters knew Obama would need Congress to deliver on those promises.
So, dear Congress, what part of that message don’t you get? Meanwhile, you leave us with the impression that you were elected to serve private health-care interests, rather than we who elected you. You leave us with the perception that you’ve been bought and paid for by drug, health-insurance, and private hospital corporations. But your lame excuses for not being able to do this and that don’t wash.
Show us you care, for a change. There are reasonable ways to pay for (at the very least) a public option that would provide coverage for everyone. Appeal to the charitable nature of your devoutly Christian friends, who I’m sure would happily do what Jesus would do if you reminded them. What is so wrong with asking the wealthy to subsidize health care for the poor? Goodness knows much of their wealth results from one kind of subsidy or another, all gifts from you. Isn’t it time they gave a little back?
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