No Public Option because Some animals are more equal
Ralph Steadman illustration from Animal FarmFront row LEFT to RIGHT: Democratic United States Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark), Bill Nelson (D-Fla), Tom Carper (D-Del) and Max Baucus (D-Mont) On 9/29/09 voted against the a proposal to put a government administered public option in the health reform bill that will come out of the Senate Finance Committee. Please note the WTF look on the jackass behind them.
Why? Well, duh…FOLLOW THE MONEY:
Think about it. Senators make about $180,000 a year and the Health Insurance Industry has bribed the Max Baucus mafia with $19 million in recent months to kill competition from a public option. Max got $8,000,000 to sell out America and We the People…to become a traitor/corporate whore.
You are better than me…I would be tempted. I could retire tomorrow. Your price to screw America?
But, Wait! The offer doesn’t end there. Mark my words: In 2 years Max Baucus will be a lobbyist for Blue Cross for millions per year.
Alas, some of my readers expect me to be a DEM HOMER. Sorry, a pig by any other name is still a pig. 11% approval rating for Congress…the Corporate troth feeds pigs on both sides of the aisle.
Published by Nick at 08:43 AM on March 27, 2010