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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 01:22 PM
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I figured out how to get Single Payer Healthcare passed in this country now!
Edited on Fri Oct-30-09 01:22 PM by sellitman
Just name the bill:

"The Single Prayer Bill"

:evilgrin:
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 01:22 PM
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1. !
:evilgrin:
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 01:55 PM
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2. The problem as I see it is the leaders, not the people. The leaders like the insurance money.
So i don't think renaming it would much matter, unless we could figure out a way to tranfer a whole lot of money to whoever has the votes, in this case that would be the Dems.

We need to figure out how to legally give each Dem and a handful of Repos 100 million dollars and we could just buy their vote. It would save tax payers and rate payer a pile of money in a pretty quick time.

And everyone would be covered.

That's how the insurance industry got the bill in front of congress. I'm thinking maybe we should resort to the same tactics.

Congress people seem to respond to money.

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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:36 PM
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12. Well, to relgious nutcases as well as to money.
In the absence of enough money on our side, let's endorse "prayer." ;-)
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 01:57 PM
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3. Isn't that what we have now?
Pray you won't get sick. And if you do, pray you'll get well? :shrug:
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:02 PM
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5. Or die quickly.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:13 PM
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8. Good point.
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:01 PM
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4. LOL I thought single prayer was the republican plan.
Sick? Better start praying.

-Hoot
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:05 PM
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6. Actually, that is not single prayer -
you're supposed to pray and pray and pray, and if you die, you didn't pray hard enough.

Nobody expects you to get by on a single prayer.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:12 PM
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7. How about: "Homeland Security Healthcare"?
Keep Americans healthy so they can wage war against terrorists both here and abroad. All costs will be paid out of the bottomless and no-questions-asked Defense budget.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:18 PM
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9. "Medicare buy-in public choice" not option.
Congressman Alan Grayson just said it on Thom Hartmann's show.
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Lucy Goosey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:22 PM
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10. Also: don't forget to mention that single-payer is PRO-LIFE!
Canadians live longer and have lower rates of infant mortality. And lower rates of abortion, actually, even though there are fewer legal restrictions than the US.
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tmyers09 Donating Member (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 02:32 PM
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11. Have Obama say that he opposes it.
Every single Republican would vote for it.
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 05:50 PM
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13. lmao!
Not to far from the truth.
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