Well the ACA that Obama signed is really pretty open to the market, it does not call for universal health care in the US or a one payer system,. However it does cut medicare further which will directly effect my mother and I. Not only old people have medicare, but those on tricare, which is a government insurance for the those in armed forces and those who are retired after 20 years of service, well they are required to have medicare as primary. Well let me tell you it is d@nm hard to find a doctor who will take medicare even if you have other insurance. My mother has a severe rare illness and has been getting bottom rung care, actually the worst in her life due to the cuts to medicare. Good doctors dont take medicare, only the ones that have to because no one else will see them. My dad served 20 years in the military, anouther 15 in civil service for the military...and a few months before he died, he said, "my government has forgotten me."
Alittle dis-tasteful, but I agree with the bus ad for slightly different reasons
While I think that universal health care would be great, Ms. Sweetleaf has an important point that should not be overlooked. Unlike some other countries, the US is doing their best to strip the common people of every right given to us at an alarming rate. Only some of these bills actually make headlines, most go unnoticed until one day, you wake up, and realize we aint on Kanas no more, Toto.
However, I really think a voucher program might actually work...I dunno but it is worth a try. It works for failing school districts, why not a failing healthcare system.
as far as free speech. We are given free speech for this very reason, to be able to speak out against our government, while it is a kinda cheap shot, it is still free speech.
However, had that been, lets say a law student's name plastered on the side of a bus telling her to go to hell, that might be slander/harrasment because she is a private citizen. The 1st amendment was intended to give ppl free speech against their government, not promote hate speech against private citizens such as the case with Rush.
Anyway it is a fine line, but I doubt Obama will really care if a bus ad tells him to go to hell, but knowing him, he will probably declare the writers of the ad to be terrorists and detain them indefinately.
Jojo
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02 Mar 2012, 7:24 pm
