Must read & pass on....St. Louis Dispatch ed on politicians who denounce "Obamacare" & kill Medicaid

[tpsbmam]

expansion. Here are the last 4 paragraphs & the Matson cartoon that goes with the editorial:

When politicians come before you this fall denouncing "Obamacare," when Republican-dominated state legislatures — including Missouri's — begin opting out of expanding Medicaid, this is what to ask:

So you're OK with people suffering needlessly? And you're OK with killing 17,000 people a year? Because if you are, admit it. Don't hide behind "we can't afford it."

Sure, that's a viable position. Darwinian, but viable. "Decrease the surplus population" is Scrooge-like, but viable. If you'd rather not raise taxes on the fortunate and on health care freeloaders, that's a viable position. If you want to continue to allow people to be sick and to die needlessly, that's a viable position.

But tell us face-to-face. Tell us they have to die because you just flat don't care.

[indepat]

1. God, how sweet it is to read right-wing assholes getting their

malevolent assholes ripped to shreds.

[freshwest]

3. +1

[SDjack]

2. If the rich and their corporations paid living wages, we could buy our own

insurance in an unregulated market. Wouldn't that be nice -- we could have the premium money and decide what to do with it. Cold day in hell when that happens.

[tpsbmam]

4. Sunday kick

I think this editorial deserves more notice.