Look around you, fer gosh skaes.

[Stinky The Clown]

The debate is about INSURANCE.

A private, for profit business. That's what they're all pushing for. Changes in INSURANCE.

Why is everyone so passionate about THAT?

[Prism]

1. When you're starving . . .

. . . you'll eat just about anything they toss at you.

I'm cheered somewhat at the thought that one day, when the people are tired of being so hungry all the time, they'll take a good, hard look at who is withholding the food. Even a dog will say when.

But we're not there yet. It may be awhile. It may not even be in our lifetimes.

[salguine]

3. And that's nobody's fault but ours. In Europe they'd be rioting in the streets and

feeding these health care kingpins into the goddamn guillotines. Why do we just put up with it?

[Auggie]

2. Insurance = money

The debate is about who controls the money.

[Romulox]

9. Um, no. Insurance premium = money. That's going to the insurance corps. There's no debate. nt

[Auggie]

10. Whatever. It's always about the money.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Not here, Stinky! I'm in Toronto where folks don't have to worry about affording healthcare. nt

[Odin2005]

5. Insurance is like loaning out an umbrella...

...and then asking for the umbrella back when it starts raining, and the sucker still has to pay you.

[kenny blankenship]

6. I'm passionate against this bill like I'm passionate about armed robbery,

and for exactly the same reason.

We told them we wanted a public non-profit response to the failure of private for profit insurance - like other countries have.
They took it as an opportunity to stick us up.

[salguine]

7. You know what the Democratic response to this health care crisis is exactly like?

Remember that incident that came out during the Jeffrey Dahmer trial, where that one kid got away from Dahmer and was running down the street, and he flagged down two passing cops? And the cops handed the kid back over to Dahmer? I couldn't think of any metaphor that sums up the way this Democratic Congress has handled this whole thing. The Democratic Congress are like those two cops, the people of this country are the naked kid running down the street in desperate need of help. You can guess which character the insurance cartels are.

They were elected in 2008 to rescue us, basically, and instead of protecting us from the insurance cartels, they've delivered us right over to them to be devoured instead.

[Edweird]

11. That's the best analogy I've heard yet.

[Ignis]

14. That's an ugly analogy. Pity it's also so appropriate. (nt)

[Individualist]

13. Hear, hear! The bill is a bonanza for insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

[Mari333]

8. true dat. just re arranging the deck chairs. nt

[Bluebear]

12. At least they are admitting it's about insurance now:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7930928&mesg_id=7931185