Grayson clearly views the health care divisions in our country as a national disgrace which reflects on our values as a society. This is the congressman, who stood on the House floor this past September and characterized the GOP plan in two short phrases; "first, don't get sick, and second, die quickly." Facing snarling members of congress demanding an apology for his alleged "outrageous behavior,' and his contempt of congress, Grayson gave this "apology;'
"I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this HOLOCAUST in America."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Grayson_calls_health_care_crisis_holocaust.html
Somewhere in this healthcare debate, Congressman Alan Grayson must have been "channeling' Dr. King, who once proclaimed;
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." (Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.)
This congressman, building a coalition, a movement for healthcare justice is just beginning. Whether this medicare buy-in leads to eventual single-payer, tax-funded medical care as exists in other civilized nations remains to be seen. One things for sure, this movement is becoming a "civilized riot,' made necessary by corporate dictatorship and the politicians who act as collaborators in this growing "holocaust.' Once again, Dr. King is quoted on the nature of "riots.' "A riot is the language of the unheard." (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) Perhaps if the public had formed riots during the first holocaust; 6 million murders could have been prevented. How many murders must occur in this "holocaust' before our politicians grow a conscience like Congressman Grayson?
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