I love your optimism. I am 57. I've seen enough of politics to know who has your interest at heart and who doesn't. If you don't think racism is part of the Right-Wing agenda then look at Arizona as evidence.
I want to keep this thread on track but here is McConnell saying the most important thing is to get rid of Obama.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40007802/ns/politics-decision_20 10/
Now back to health care:
1. Americans are already rationing health care based on the current system
http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/americans-self-rationing- health-care
2. "Red" states have the worst health care:
http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/red-states-unhealthiest-r esidents-worst-health-care
3. Here, then, is the Republican 10-Point Plan for Health Care (which is not to change anything).
1. 50 Million Uninsured in America
2. Another 25 Million Underinsured
3. Employer-Based Coverage Plummets Below 60%
4. Employer Health Costs to Jump by 9% in 2010
5. One in Five Americans Forced to Postpone Care
6. 62% of U.S. Bankruptcies Involve Medical Bills
7. Current Health Care Costs Already Fueling Job Losses
8. 94% of Health Insurance Markets in U.S Now "Highly Concentrated" -- in other words, in the hands a limited number of companies.
9. Dramatic Decline in Emergency Room Capacity
10. Perpetuating Red State Health Care Failure
Notice how there are no conservative voices in the thread anymore. They complain they have been "shutdown" here. Once confronted with facts they have no rebuttal...