Reply #25: "Freedom isn't free" [View All]

[Blue State Blues]

It's a shame that there isn't a pithy, catchy slogan like that for universal, single-payer health care -- the above statement generally being used to justify unbridled militarism and the tremendous investment of tax $$$ and lives in the name of "defense."

Alas, I fear the "they'll garnish your wages" argument will strike fear into the heart of most working Americans who live at or beyond their means as it is. Especially since those statements are being circulated independently of any promise of significantly decreasing the cost of coverage. Garnishing wages to pay for-profit insurance premiums and grossly inflated insurance excecutive salaries is not the same as as progressive tax to pay for "commons" ownership of a non-profit program. Whether accurate or not, the threat Amercans will hear in the "garnish wages to pay for health care" stament is the former. The media can be depended on to confuse the issue rather than clarify it.

For the record, since it seems to matter on DU these days, I'm an undecided yellow dog who desperately wants a universal, single payer system.