Reply #35: I started out [View All]

[sandnsea]

by wondering about the financial habits of some folks who spend an awful lot of time attacking groups of people when they partake of luxuries from the capitalist system themselves. That's all I started out doing. And while in the US a tv and a refrigerator isn't really a luxury, it is in alot of the world. I just think people shouldn't be so quick to lay the blame of US economic problems at the doorsteps of one group of US citizen. It is ALL of us.

I then said, as to economy in general,

"Better to return to the value of community, which is truly the way economies works best. When we share in the cost and work of building communities, we are each able to best maximize our talents and gain financial independence. And then turn around and meet our obligation to continue contributing to the building of community for future generations."

Within that community are going to be a variety of thoughts on how to maximize financial independence. Currently, there is not enough support for single payer. Despite the cost added by insurance companies, people aren't ready to give up the myth that they're getting better treatment because they have private insurance. That's reality. That's why John Kerry proposed an easy solution to help people NOW. You may be able to sit back in your "liberal comfort" and hold out for the superior single payer. I can't. I haven't been to a doctor in at least 12 years. I needed you to put your superiority on the sidelines and help me get insurance NOW.

So excuse me when I get just a little testy when some folks come around with their purist lefty attitudes. People are suffering while you hold out for an idealist world that is never going to happen. And for those who have their "liberal comforts" while they're doing it, well that just pisses me the fuck off.