[Hoot Gibson]

Hoot, the poor, the elderly, children of the poor... these folks already have medical insurance. I am talking about the working poor and the squeezed middle. For me, I think as long as private insurance is predominant, "green" matters more than adequate, affordable healthcare for all. I believe that the government is about the only entity left with the strength (if not always the will) to protect the public from corporate greed. I also believe it is the role of the people to be watchguards over the government if power becomes invasive or pervasive. The power of the corporation is at least as dangerous as the unchecked power of government. Recent history has proven both capable of atrocity, ruthlessness, deceit, etc.

Might does not make right. My money is my money. If I choose to donate any or all of it to charity, then so be it. When the government forcibly takes my money to pay for somebody else's living expenses it is not charity, it is tyranny - and theft.

As for your ludicrous assertion that the power of a corporation is at least as dangerous as the unchecked power of government, I suggest that you read your own words, think about what you wrote, and figure try to figure out for yourself where the gaping hole in your logic is. No need for me to drive another truck through that hole if you can patch it up yourself. Here are three hints: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

It would certainly save us both some time if you would put a little more forethought into your posts before you begin typing. :biggrin: