Web Letters: Noam Chomsky on the Heathcare Hold Up

By OntheEarthProduction

April 9, 2009

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  • What are they waiting for? Why are we still without a national healthcare system?

    Anytime the military wants another weapon or wants to invade another country, it’s hey, no problem, take buckets o' money and go! But healthcare? Oh, well, we’ll have to really think about that, we just don’t see how that could be possible.

    A trillion dollars for the military, the wars, the weapons, etc., etc., ad nauseam sounds about right. You know, we have to play Pirates of the Caribbean this year. But a billion dollars for national healthcare? Well, we just can’t seem to find it anywhere.

    Wall Street? Oh, sure, a trillion dollars for Wall Street sounds about right. Let’s give away a bunch of tax dollars to Wall Street. A billion for national healthcare? Well, you know, we just can’t seem to find a billion dollars for national healthcare.

    Gary Amstutz

    Lake Isabella, CA

    04/13/2009 @ 10:00pm


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