Universal Health Care Is Not Possible
There are several newspaper reports this morning from around the country saying that top lawmakers in Congress have now decided that universal health care is just not possible in the land of the free and the brave. Even with Olympia Snow's support they are just talking about expanding health care coverage. There will still be millions of people in America who are excluded from the health care system. For some reason it is possible to provide health care to everyone in less wealthy countries like England, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, but not in the USA.
Why not in America? Because of the rampant greed and corruption in Washington, D.C.
Some of the important and powerful Senators in Washington, D.C. have received many millions of dollars of bribes to oppose universal health care. This corruption and bribery is a bit more evident in the Republican political party and the right wing, but there are plenty of Democrats who also owe their souls to the health insurance industry.
It is clearly a case of corruption and bribery. These dishonest bastards in Washington call it “campaign contributions.” Different words, but the essence is the same. They owe their careers to all the money they have accepted from the health care industry, so they are choosing their own self-interest over what the American people need, and what is good for the country.
In a way this is a test case. If after all this work and grief the legislators in Washington, D.C. are forced to give in to corruption, and to super wealthy and the big corporations, it does not bode well for the future of democracy in America.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt got Social Security passed without one Republican vote. The Republicans did not even attempt to be bipartisan or to do what the American voters wanted. They supported the super wealthy Capitalists instead, and they were proud of it.
Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned America about the dangers of the wealthy corporations coming together with a portion of the federal government. He called the ensuing powerful interests the Military Industrial Complex.
President Lyndon B. Johnson was almost not able to get Medicare for old folks passed. He had to threaten to bring the entire federal government to a halt using his presidential veto power. To do this he had to kiss off any future political ambitions. Bless LBJ’s heart, he had the strength of character to stand up and wait out the corrupt super-wealthy, and do what was right for the people and the country.
President Barack H. Obama now has his great opportunity, his first great test. Obama’s place in history is already assured. The first black President of the United States of America, and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. At this juncture he has a genuine choice. He can either choose to be weak, continue jabbering on about crossing the aisle and bi-partisanship, bend over and give in to the big money interests; or he can stand up straight and tall, be strong, and do what is right for the American people.
Barack Obama really can win this battle if he is willing to give it everything he has.
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