Why should insurance companies be making profits over life and death decisions?

[spooked911]

A simple, hopefully effective, health care reform meme.

If it's not too late.

[valerief]

1. Because they can. That's what rich people do. They play the I Got More Money game. nt

[Uncle Joe]

3. Then we must trump that by playing the we have more people game to effect.

If it means primaring bought and paid for political "leaders" that have abandoned their oath to the Constitution so be it, if it means boycotting supporting industries of far right propaganda networks; let it be so, if it means massive protests or national strikes; let it happen.

If we play the we've got the people game well enough with the required discipline, perseverance, sacrifice and determination, their money game will fold like a Monopoly board.

[valerief]

4. I don't know if we're still in the equation. Our work is offshored. They control voting.

If we use violence, they've got more violence.

We might as well stop working and live in anarchy. Drive them out and we can start over ourselves.

[Uncle Joe]

6. We don't use violence, we follow the examples of Ghandi and King.

However make no doubt about it, there will be sacrifice, because just as any cornered animal will attack, so will the opponents of change, they will strike out with the fist if for no other reason as a means of provocation, which in turn would allow them to crack down in a more draconian manner.

Having said all that I believe the economic/power status quo system is too entrenched in it's own inert, riga mortise to allow meaningful change without serious protest, strikes and boycotting forms of disruption to breathe new life in to our democratic republic. They're too concerned with the fates of the few over the many even when there is no moral or logical justification in defense of the few, they still dare to weigh means of punishing the people on behalf of these death profiting corporations as a means of changing the system, so obviously they still don't get it.

They need to open up Medicare for all the American People and be done with it, if it means raising taxes on the wealthy and powerful, tough shit, life is hard, I'm sure they will make do, no doubt the corporate media will shed many crocodile tears on their behalf.

[Deja Q]

2. Because, to them, they're not "death panels" but "innocent small companies"?

[HughMoran]

5. If they win, we will make those same decisions for them.

They better hope and pray that we get a public option.