STOP OBAMACARE NAO OMG
I really try not to argue politics with people, because no matter how much energy you expend trying to make someone agree with you (and they never ever will), all you end up is is tired and frustrated. I'm all for a government-run health care option. Yes, I would be willing to pay taxes out the ass for it, and yes, I know that some of the people I would be supporting would be lazy. I know that the government-run version wouldn't be as good as the private version. I don't care; a lot of people who need healthcare can't afford it. The little girl I used to live with, Gigi, suffered brain damage from an incredibly high fever because her parents knew they wouldn't be able to afford to take her to the doctor, so they waited until it was too late. Had they been able to get her help earlier, maybe the rest of her life wouldn't have been affected by the fact that the last time I saw her, she was six and she could still only communicate at the level of a three-year-old. Gigi's parents were not lazy; her mother worked three jobs to support four children and a disabled husband. They ate only the cheapest food, and in the two years I lived there I never saw them go out to dinner, let alone on any kind of vacation, even a day-trip to the zoo. Health insurance was a luxury they just couldn't afford.

So when I see a photo of a woman with a sign that says "MY $! EARN YOUR OWN, LOSER", it makes me kind of steamed.

Also FOR CHRIST'S SAKE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DEATH PANEL. DID WE NOT ALREADY GO OVER THIS LIKE, A THOUSAND TIMES?!

Sigh.

My country is dumb; may I have another?

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