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What makes me LOL the most is this idea that the biggest threat we face is some kind of creeping socialist government about to crush private enterprise.
I mean, ROFL. How out of touch can you be? Do you bother checking to see how our government works?
Let's use a technology industry metaphor. You're creating a startup. You've got a great idea but...you need funding, right? Maybe millions of dollars in funding.
So you get money from people richer then you. Except that in doing so, you are now in some ways acting within the rules they designate.
Maybe they don't control every decision but you sure as hell aren't going to do anything to piss you off. After all, they decide if you get the next round of funding. That's almost exactly the relationship between Congress and big business.
http://www.sunlightfoundation.co…
"The Baucus-headed Finance Committee has been singled out by advocates and news organizations as the toughest obstacle for the President’s health care priorities."
"In 2008, Baucus received $1,148,775 from the health sector and $285,850 from the insurance sector. For his career he has received $2,797,381 from the health sector and $1,170,313 from the insurance sector."
"Grassley is the current ranking member on the full committee and Hatch is the ranking member on the Health subcommittee. Both are also top recipients of money from the health and insurance industries. Over his career, Grassley received $1,876,479 from the health industry and $858,224 from the insurance industry. Hatch, meanwhile, pulled in $2,311,744 from the health industry and $659,307 from the insurance industry over his career."
"The money from the health and insurance industries into Republican committee member campaigns is relatively high. The insurance industry is the top contributor to Sen. Grassley’s campaigns over his career. Pharmaceutical companies are the top contributors to Sen. Hatch’s campaigns. In fact, every Republican committee member has a health or insurance industry as their one or more of their top five career contributors."
That's socialism? Because Fox (the same network that helped convince us to invade Iraq which the oil companies wanted) told you so? If you believe that, you probably also believe New Coke is a ground-breaking, tasty improvement on the original.
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