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I haven't discussed politics here much lately. But I realized that I needed to write this down for my own sense of honor if for no other reason, as a reminder to spend some time working towards what I believe is right. From [livejournal.com profile] thnidu: No one should die because they cannot afford health care. No one should go broke because they get sick, and no one should be tied to a job because of a pre-existing condition. [If you agree, please post this to your journal.]

From [livejournal.com profile] tigerbright: Here is a link to a video by Robert Reich (Labor Secretary for Clinton, currently a professor at UC-Berkeley) that explains some of the current controversy.

In the interests of evenhandedness, here is [livejournal.com profile] madfilkentist's countermeme. If this post of mine has annoyed you so far, this link is the one you may agree with.

For myself, I did add brackets around the last line of the meme I posted because I dislike coercively worded memes. However, I agreed with the rest, so I have posted it. I'm leaving comments on, though I probably shouldn't, but I don't think I can be convinced that there is no problem with over 45 million Americans lacking health insurance, and my statement of that is intended as information, not a dare.

Date: 2009-09-11 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karadin.livejournal.com
I thought I would compare the ten countries in the world with the highest standard of living, with the countries that have nationalized health care, surprise, surprise

Iceland, - Nationalized Health Care
Norway, - Nationalized Health Care
Australia, - Nationalized Health Care
Canada, - Nationalized Health Care
Ireland, - Nationalized Health Care
Sweden, - Nationalized Health Care
Switzerland, - Nationalized Health Care
Japan, - Nationalized Health Care
Netherlands, - Nationalized Heath Care
France - Nationalized Health Care

Another interesting factoid:

Afghanistan and Iraq have a Nationalized Health Care system funded by US dollars.

Date: 2009-09-11 11:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jmkelly.livejournal.com
Fascinating. May I link to this from Facebook?

Date: 2009-09-12 02:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karadin.livejournal.com
oh just copy paste if you want, I need no credit for it.

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