Health Care

There are not a lot of people who are standing up to the monied interests. According to Harper's Index, the average amount spent on congressional lobbying, per day, by U.S. health-care companies in 2009: $1,500,000. Congress is not able to free itself from the greedy health-care industry, and the Obama Administration has consistently disappointed those in need.

According to Sen. Feingold, and Glenn Greenwald, the health care bill appears to be the legislation that the president wanted in the first place. There are at least five major democracies in the world that have a health care system that provides health care to its citizens. Our country, on the other hand, is on the wrong track. We have a system that consistently finds ways not to provide health care for its citizenry.

The United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland all have health care systems that are far more progressive than that of the United States. The film "Sick Around the World" by Frontline illustrates how these five capitalist democracies provide health care to their citizens.

I recommend watching this program - not to mention the others that exist on their website.

I don't claim to have all of the answers, but I do care about my fellow humans and citizens. One day this country will realize that it missed an opportunity to do the right thing.

There is no reform at this point. The bill is a joke. We more people like Sen. Bernie Sanders, who are willing to stand up to those short-sighted interests.

It is absolutely unacceptable that so much money is being wasted to buy our government, and that they allow it to happen. There has to come a time when people will stand up to power.

Dissent. Dissent. $1.5 million is being spent every day in Congress to stop progress, to maintain the status quo, and to continually deny the human right of healthcare.