Reply #30: Part of the reason why Americans are not ready to pay high taxes to provide for everyone [View All]

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as Denmark does is that "everyone" in America includes "them"--"the Other." Republican politicians and media blowhards constantly demonize the poor, especially when they are also members of minority groups (remember Reagan's "Welfare Queens," driving their Cadillacs down to pick up their welfare checks?). Many people in our country are so filled with spite that they are willing to do without guaranteed healthcare themselves rather than allow someone they consider "undeserving" to get something, too.

And, of course, just as the words "liberal" and "liberalism" have been demonized by the RW media (i.e., the entire corporate media), so too has "socialism," but that smear has been going on far longer than the smear against "liberalism." It is true, of coruse, that government sponsored single-payer healthcare would be socialism. But then again, so are Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, WIC, unemployment insurance, and many other benefits most people take for granted and would hate to see undone.