On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ultimately this means less Americans will die due to not being able to > afford health care.
Very few Americans die because they can't afford health care. > I still don't understand why this was such a hard fight > to have passed, the principle seems obvious. > Because Americans are not myopic or simplistic. When someone offers them something for free, they don't just accept it...they say "what's the catch?" This bill has a lot of good stuff in it, but it has a lot of catches as well. I'm very, very cautiously...optimistic. But only a simpleton would suggest that this bill "obvious", or that it's overall success is guaranteed. It aint. > It's incredible that not a > single Republican voted for the bill, however. > Incredible? Ha. > A friend of mine was telling me his cousin in the US had to work two jobs, > one of them was just for the health insurance benefits. He's one person who > was probably singing and dancing in his living room on Sunday. > Why? Why is such an awful thing to work for benefits...? -- We're riding out tonight To case the promised land ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313605 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
