tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post1594432731208049049..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Get Sick in Another CountryLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-78065701494310423442009-11-19T15:58:23.948-06:002009-11-19T15:58:23.948-06:00The disgusting part of these statistics is that ou...The disgusting part of these statistics is that our representatives know them to be true, but they lie and distort the facts to please their ignorant constituency or to accept more campaign dollars from the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyists.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-21404757150257572642009-11-18T11:02:30.615-06:002009-11-18T11:02:30.615-06:00Most of those politically motivated fall into the ...Most of those politically motivated fall into the second group. They believe the corporations who finance their campaigns, rather than the voters who elect them, are their true constituencies.<br /><br />Or do you mean those who are not really 'opposed' to health care reform in a philosophical sense but resist it out of fear of losing an election if they are for it? I see that as Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-84957184658555295852009-11-18T09:39:35.119-06:002009-11-18T09:39:35.119-06:00And there are thos who are simply politically moti...And there are thos who are simply politically motivated.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-11188040142397182952009-11-18T01:11:55.650-06:002009-11-18T01:11:55.650-06:00Well, I would argue that the US politicians oppose...Well, I would argue that the US politicians opposed to universal health care fall into two groups.<br /><br />The first are economic devotees of the religions of St. Milton of Friedman or St. Friedrich of Hayek, who have faith in things unseen beyond all empirical evidence.<br /><br />The second are those who simply view the corporations who sell health insurance as their real constituency.Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com