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Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives (D-CA) has been a strong supporter of the Public Option as a critical piece of President Obama's health care reform proposal. For more information on the public option, check out this video and chart. This past week, many politicians are weakening their stances on the public option as a result of pressure from special interests. But Speaker Pelosi marked a line in the sand at an event this week. Check out this video of some of her remarks.
Part of the transcript:
"...there’s no way I can pass a bill in the House of Representatives without a public option. [Applause] As I say, unless somebody comes up with a better idea, that’s how we’re going forth in the House...This is an opportunity, not of a lifetime, of a century. If we don’t pass this bill, with all the comprehensive aspects of it, now I don’t know when we’ll have a chance to do it."
In other words, them's some fightin' words.
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If she was truly interested in improving the healthcare system, I'd be singing her praises. But given that she's more interested in pushing socialism than improving the American quality of life. I hope she dies in a fire...
Yes, that's it... Our public safety forces (police, fire, etc), public schools, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, welfare, unemployment, etc aren't socialist policies either.
Are you working to eliminate those policies?
*rolls eyes*
Actually, weren't Bush and Co. trying to eliminate some of those? Privatize Social Security, Blackwater Security, No Child Left Behind (oops, that was supposed to be a positive)
All I heard from the GOPers is SOCIALISIM, SOCIALISIM, SOCIALISIM!
BUT I haven't heard any realistic suggestions from the right.
So where is the right's solution? Newt Gingrich says give consumers tax breaks. You have to have the money to pay for an insurance plan in the first place in order to claim a tax break for what it cost you to get one.
Ah, @mattmcdole. Socialism. Where have I heard that before? And calls for pelosi to "die", where have i heard THAT before? I think Glenn Beck was talkin' this talk recently. At least come up with more interesting rhetoric, your quips are so textbook predictable.
I'd like to hear how the public option is socialism. for more info, check out the flowchart i linked to above. it clearly shows that the public option is not a big plot for government to takeover healthcare. this bill, if passed, COULD do more for private health insurance companies than it would for government takeovers. So show me you actually know something other than crying "socialism!" Humor me and do some research.
Lastly, you call for pelosi to die in a fire? stay classy. Seems lots of folks on the right are talking violence these days.