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Bush is one of the most liberal Presidents we have
ever had. Liberal with our tax dollars by giving tax breaks to the
wealthiest 1% of American taxpayers. Liberal with big Government spending
programs by endorsing a military budget of over $350 billion, when there
is no more Soviet Union and no more cold war. Liberal with his "non
existent" program and policies to solve the health care crisis.
Liberal with his "let it be" attitude with regard to big
corporation fraud and corruption. And now, like a liberal, he wants to
start giving $15 billion of our tax dollars away to the continent of
Africa, when here in America we have millions of unemployed, millions of
homeless, millions upon million with any health coverage of any kind, and
millions of children who cant get a descent education.
I call upon all true conservatives, and conservative
Republicans to support Kucinich in the 2004 election.
He will reconstitute VA benefits for Veterans,
especially the VA health care system which should be open to all veterans
and their families. It has the potential to be an excellent health care
system for a large part of our American system.
He will provide universal health care for all, and
get the greedy, obstructionist, insurance corporations completely out of
the health care system and give it back to doctors, patients and
hospitals. It would eliminate hundreds of billions in waste, fraud, and
greedy profits that are zapping our health care of its main
mission----health care. The pharmaceutical industry needs to be reined in
so it stops its price gouging and extortionist marketing practices that
bribe doctors and hospitals and mislead patients about the efficacy of
their products and drugs. Millions of Americans are at home suffering
excruciating, tormenting, unbelievable physical pain from injuries and
diseases for which they cannot obtain proper, affordable medication. These
are the silent, suffering victims of our greedy insurance/pharmaceutical
industry.
Its good the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t
control our water supply or we'd all be paying $500 a month for water. Its
good the insurance industry doesn’t sell transportation policies for the
privilege of using our Interstate Highway System, or half of us would be
deemed ineligible to use the roads without paying an exorbitant
"travel premium" to get to drive to and from work or to take a
nice drive to go on vacation.
Bush calls the health care/pharmaceutical/insurance
industry a consumer driven, market based system. I call it a shambles. A
disgrace. And a menace to the health of all Americans.
Bush will bring our great nation to its knees. He is
the modern day Herbert Hoover and will usher in the Great New Depression.
I'm a conservative Republican, 55, a Vietnam veteran
with a Bronze Star, proudly served, and out of work, with an MBA, and a
degree in Financial Planning. My wife is an RN, totally disabled from an
injury and not eligible for any state or Federal programs (not that we
want any). We want health care and jobs. We can't afford health care
insurance that costs $10,000 a year and then won't cover half the things
we need covered, and that raise their rates every year by 20%, and that
don’t cover pre-existing conditions or dozens of serious, common
diseases and injuries.
I'm going to "get real" this election, as a
conservative Republican, and vote for common sense in Government, and for
an individual that will put some rationality back into our Federal
policies. We live in the greatest country in the world. Surely we can do
better than what we have now. I urge all conservative Republicans like me,
that "smell something fishy in the White House" to vote for
Dennis Kucinich.
James Boyne dboyne@aol.com
is a political, satirical freelance writer. He is an
MBA who has been downsized and is out of work and has a Certified
Financial Planning degree even though he has had to declare bankruptcy to
get relief from crushing, overwhelming medical bills when his wife became
injured with a spinal injury. The last time he had private health
insurance the premiums were $1000 a month and they wouldn’t cover any of
his or his wife’s pre-existing conditions. He spends over $700 a month
on prescription drugs which he is not sure really work. He also regularly
sends to Canada for prescription drugs that can be purchased their for
half price, which American drug companies are trying to desperately stop. This
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