SB 3590 must be defeated

I am not so eloquent as Keith Olbermann, so for those of you interested in what he has to say about SB 3590, you can watch the video or read the transcrpt of his Special Comment here . But the salient points are thus: Single-payer health insurance—the option that has been proven the world over to be the best way of handling health care on a national level—has been voted down. The "...

Special Comment By Teh Keith

Not health, not care, not reform .

Oy!

... growth in the third quarter. The bankers, after causing the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression, are rewarded with six times the growth accomplished so far in the much heralded “economic recovery.” Meanwhile, seven million families face foreclosure and 25 million Americans can’t find full time work. Oh yeah, I'd give that a "solid B plus"! from crooksandliars.com rojo

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