Here’s a little more nonpartisan banter:
Carl Herman (LA County Nonpartisan Examiner) says:
When Lincoln proposed legislation to end slavery, his idea was a 5% federal buyout a year for 20 years to allow labor markets to adjust. Likewise, we need peaceful transition from corporate domination of profit maximization to real care for our collective health. The actions of Congress, not their ever-flowery rhetoric, demonstrate their protection of “health” insurance companies over the American publics’ health.
The bill is said to require start-up costs of $2 billion. This need not be “borrowed” if another corporate interest - banking profits - were replaced with an option for the public good: monetary reform. Rather than banks having the power to create money to maximize their profits, government could create money directly for public goods and services. The savings to the public for health care reform and monetary reform are worth our readers’ full attention. Both remove clever parasites.
