The apparent contradictions within this bill sound similar to those within the Waxman-Kennedy bill to give the FDA regulatory control over tobacco. That process also divided advocates, with those going for a quick-fix actually lining up with Altria, the parent of the Philip Morris tobacco company.
1) Waxman is no idiot, so these contradictions can't be blowing by him unnoticed. It raises the question of just whose friend he is when his name appears repeatedly on such bills.
2) Fracturing the advocacy community seems as big a pay-off for the industries involved as the actual contents of these bills. Stacey Carter's 2002 article "Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin: destroying tobacco control activism from the inside" (Tobacco Control 11:112-118) demonstrates how a PR firm taught the tobacco industry to do this kind of splitting.
Thank you, Wendell Potter, and God speed to you. Give 'em hell. Our national "health care system," is a national disgrace and has been for over 20 years. The insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and big business have proven themselves too irrresponsible to have a say on how to repair it. May you find inspiration to form the right words to express the problem and what's needed to fix it.
Until Potter gives back all the money he made from the "big for-profit insurers [that] have hijacked our health care system," I don't trust him one iota.
This is always the scheme with the neo-Bourgeoisie: Build up huge wealth with deceit and greed. Then, once they've gotten theirs, they kick down the ladder and demand "reform" that, conveniently, destroys others but leaves them unscathed. I see Potter in my mind's eye sitting cozily in his Aspen lodge sipping wine, admiring the vistas and berating the "masses" as hicks and hillbillies, all the while rolling his blood-stained fingers over his ill-gotten booty.
He's got his money. Now he lusts power and a personal legacy.
One wonders what became of the more noble co-workers Potter shoved aside as he clawed his way to the top.
I note that this site proclaims to "remove personal attacks." This seems ironic, as Mr. Potter cites only his "personal" story as proof of the validity of his ideas. This site's tactic demands pro-propaganda conformity masquerading behind the facade of "free-speech."
This issue has become emotionally charged, and many people seem to place blind belief in the global warming problem as it has been presented to us, which are signs of a well-crafted public relations campaign. References to global warming (or climate change) are now everywhere you look, keeping people frightened and guilty. The emphasis on carbon, one of the most common elements in life on this planet, as the main bad guy is absurd and scary. Science is pretty clear on the fact that Earth's climate has constantly gone through cycles of warming and cooling. This does not mean, however, that certain people are not causing damage and destruction to the environment and to ourselves through industrial pollution, massive use of toxic chemicals, and now genetic engineering. It does not mean that burning fossil fuels is good for us, or that clean sources of energy, like solar power, should not be developed and implemented. I think that this whole issue and the way it has been presented and used to manipulate public opinion is only obscuring the reality of our situation and the steps we need to take to protect and promote life on this planet.
Wendell has written some truth and that is great. Nothing pleases the Lord more than a sinner who has repented and works to change.
The information from Wendell ( Healthcare Greed) is not a revelation; we knew this already.
Christians will continue to take care of the sick and poor because it is our mission.
We will do the work we are commanded to do, regardless of the world.
Many non-Christian people carry the load as well and deserve recognition..
It's not the money; "The love of money is the root of all evil."
Way to go Wendell Potter !
The apparent contradictions within this bill sound similar to those within the Waxman-Kennedy bill to give the FDA regulatory control over tobacco. That process also divided advocates, with those going for a quick-fix actually lining up with Altria, the parent of the Philip Morris tobacco company.
1) Waxman is no idiot, so these contradictions can't be blowing by him unnoticed. It raises the question of just whose friend he is when his name appears repeatedly on such bills.
2) Fracturing the advocacy community seems as big a pay-off for the industries involved as the actual contents of these bills. Stacey Carter's 2002 article "Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin: destroying tobacco control activism from the inside" (Tobacco Control 11:112-118) demonstrates how a PR firm taught the tobacco industry to do this kind of splitting.
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