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Congress will continue to vote against the best interests of their constituents, including the issue of health care reform, because they are beholden to corporate interests rather than the welfare of our nation. Until the money is removed from politics by mandating public campaign financing and banning the current system of corporate lobbying, our government will continue to be nothing more than a thinly veiled corporatocracy. This, more than any other issue, is at the heart of why the United States continues to veer down the wrong path.
The battle over health care reform represents a crossroad. Not only do citizens' lives literally hang in the balance, it embodies the struggle to put the welfare of human beings ahead of corporate profits. It's a battle we can ill afford to lose. Corporations have been allowed to run roughshod over every aspect of our lives, and our nation has suffered greatly as a result. If Democrats, who seem to forget they have a majority in both houses, can't get real health care reform done now, any hope for progress on the remaining issues is lost. Our government will continue to be mired in a sea of endless politicization, and our country will continue on its deep descent.
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