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Baraka_Guru · 11-18-2010, 08:55 AM

Well, maybe I should clarify then. I posted that Galbraith quote as applying to Tea Partiers within the context of health care.

They want to repeal the health care legislation that was passed—legislation that was aimed at making health care more accessible to those who need it. It was passed because health care was due for a reform. America has the most expensive health care system in the world, and people are going without.

The Tea Party movement wants to repeal it. I haven't heard of what they want to do to replace it. As it is, it's a watered-down version of other health care systems out there—publicly funded systems that grant access to every citizen. As far as I know, the Tea Party movement demonizes this as "socialized medicine" and opposes this.

I see this as selfish. Why? Because this appears to me as a lack of consideration of others (those who can't afford health care) and a concern for one's own situation (the spending of their own personal taxes). I don't see them presenting or suggesting solutions to what is essentially a health care crisis for thousands of Americans. All I see is a libertarian counterstrike to whatever the Dems have done to do something about it.

Now, we can have a discussion about that, or you can continue to take things personally. I don't want to continue the way we've been going because it's counterproductive.

Your initial rebuttal was "fuck you." I think that's actually a retort. Are you willing to move beyond that?

11-18-2010, 08:55 AM	#33 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Well, maybe I should clarify then. I posted that Galbraith quote as applying to Tea Partiers within the context of health care. They want to repeal the health care legislation that was passed—legislation that was aimed at making health care more accessible to those who need it. It was passed because health care was due for a reform. America has the most expensive health care system in the world, and people are going without. The Tea Party movement wants to repeal it. I haven't heard of what they want to do to replace it. As it is, it's a watered-down version of other health care systems out there—publicly funded systems that grant access to every citizen. As far as I know, the Tea Party movement demonizes this as "socialized medicine" and opposes this. I see this as selfish. Why? Because this appears to me as a lack of consideration of others (those who can't afford health care) and a concern for one's own situation (the spending of their own personal taxes). I don't see them presenting or suggesting solutions to what is essentially a health care crisis for thousands of Americans. All I see is a libertarian counterstrike to whatever the Dems have done to do something about it. Now, we can have a discussion about that, or you can continue to take things personally. I don't want to continue the way we've been going because it's counterproductive. Your initial rebuttal was "fuck you." I think that's actually a retort. Are you willing to move beyond that? __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-18-2010 at 08:58 AM..