Note

Parts of this blog have been fictionalized. 9. As it was created through the halls of the mind in the grasp of psychosis.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

War AGainst the Poor

"He's been writing songs speaking out
Against wealth and privilege"

--Alan JackSon"

On a more serious note, while I like this song, I hate country music.

"I'm sure there are plenty of conservatives who want to get rid of Medicaid altogether. If poor old people can't pay for nursing home care then let them die in the street, like they used to. The Tea Party version of government apparently just doesn't believe in helping people who can't help themselves. For the modern Republican Party, it's far far more important to ensure that those who will never need Medicaid -- the richest 1 percent of Americans, the people who are already doing quite fine as their market portfolios swell -- get their big fat tax cuts, adding up to $700 billion over the next 10 years, than that the poorest Americans get another $15 billion a year so that they can die in a manner that befits a nation that dares considers itself civilized."

-- Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21. More: Andrew Leonard

Reference:

http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2011/01/20/the_gop_war_against_poor_sick_americans

On another note, I vote for sarcasm.

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