Reply #51: You're going to need a bigger shovel for that BS [View All]

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"But there is also the reality that there is NO urban centers in Vermont, and that many counties in other states have bigger populations. This is a real difference when it comes to education and health care in the big cities,"

No it isn't... because the simply fact is that while VT is smaller, they also have a lot less money and a lot less resources. Yet under Dean's leadership one of the smallest and poorest states in the union was able to get health care for everybody, balance their budget, fund fantastic social programs, and boost the economy.

With the money and resources of the richest nation on earth, we can easily apply the model that functioned so well in Vermont. Sure other places are bigger with more people, and those bigger places also have more money because they are bigger and have more people.

Just like any recipe, if you need to make it feed more people, you simply add more of the ingredients in proportion.



"not to mention a knowledge of the racial climate and minority concerns that accompany them."

Dean was an ER doctor in New York in the Bronx... you'd be hard pressed to find a more in your face way to learn about problems in the minority communities first hand than working in an ER in the Bronx.

You want to talk to a guy who understands the violence in minority communities, talk to the guy who had the job of treating the bullet wounds. Is anybody else running who has had the experience of saving the life of a 9 year old victim of a gun shot to the chest?

You want to talk to someone who understands the problems of poor working families, minority or not, talk to the guy who donated his services as a medical doctor in a community center for folks who had no insurance and couldn't afford to pay for medical care for their sick kids.

Dean has the experience that counts... and no amount of sniping bullshit on your part will change that.