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Do You Tell 30 Million People to Wait for Perfection?

December 22, 2009… Medical care for 30 million people who do not have medical care now.

30,000,000. That’s one more than 29,999,999.

What do those who want to kill the health bill because it doesn’t go far enough say to these 30,000,000 Americans? Wait longer?

Not good enough for me because I have mine and I want you to have better health care? So wait longer.

If you don’t have health care, how do you get better health care from a bill killed by those who can’t see the benefit for the 30,000,000?

Wait 10 years and we might have something better for you?

Who is so politically pure that they can tell others to wait for perfection.

Wait for heaven. You’ll have it ALL then. Actually, no need for health care anymore.

Until then, hold on. Or take two aspirin and call us in 10 years.

Here’s the good and the bad and why the-not-so-good will have to be good enough for now:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/learning-from-lieberman_b_398705.html

COUNT THE NUMBERS AND THEN THINK

COUNT THEM…KEEP COUNTING THEM… AND KEEP COUNTING THEM – YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR. ONCE YOU GET HEALTH CARE TO THE PEOPLE YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO TAKE IT AWAY. JUST LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY. JUST LIKE MEDICARE.

SCREW THIS UP FOR SOME IDEAL AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU HURT: 29,999,000

29,999,001

29,999,002

29,999,003

29,999,004

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29,999,999

30,000,000

That’s 30,000,000 people. Is it worth a compromise to them or should we stick to our precious government option or nothing?

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A Difference Between Youth and Age

December 19, 2009… The discussion on Bill Moyers show last night on PBS between Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone offers insight into the difference between youthful smarts and elder wisdom.

Taibbi would vote to kill the health reform bill. Kuttner would hold his nose and vote for it.

We know that at least temporarily (who can tell what will happen) the Democrats have welded together 60 votes in the U. S. Senate to pass the bill out of that body.

Many of us don’t like the bill. Some of us, me included, will take even a watered down bill with hope of improving it in the future. Lack of a bill would not leave open the possibility of future process and improvement.

The discussion presents the stark difference, I think, between the youthful desire for real change and the older wisdom of taking some change as a step toward more change.

Here’s the discussion between Kuttner and Taibbi:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/18/taibi-kuttner-debate-heal_n_397757.html

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