What if there were a campaign to demand that Congress forgo its healthcare package

[Skidmore]

until such time as the people have the same kind of care. Not to be framed as a "benefit" but a right to health. A right to life--part of which is quality of life.

[Ninga]

1. John Edwards has said, "When I am President, if by July 1, 2009, Congress has not

passed universal health care, Congress will lose their health care."

John Edwards proposed it

[terisan]

2. I think such a campaign would be a winner-demonstrates their self-dealing and calls for them to

stand with the people they represent.

A big problem with office-holders is that there is little moral accountability and little expectation of moral behavior.
People like Billy Tauzin of Louisiana who misused his office to use our tax money to give guaranteed profits to a massively wasteful pharmacy industry and then left Congress to collect a two million per year paycheck from the same industry should be universally derided and shunned until he finds it pleasanter to emigrate with his family to Burma than stay in the USA.

Some behaviors have to be seen for what they are---selfishness and greed, wallowers in the 7 deadly sins; and there should be no acceptance among the people for selfishness and greediness in our representatives. If they don't want to do public service with sacrifice, we need to run them out of town on a rail.

[PoiBoy]

3. Most of our politicians are millionaires...

...they'd just pay for their own coverage... and to hell with the rest of us...

[tkmorris]

4. I'm for it.

Let's do it.

[rpannier]

5. I'm for it

I'd be curious if their health care is tied in with the federal employees health care.

If it is...I'd change my mind.

[FLDCVADem]

6. Unless something has changed...

...Congress is under the same choice of plans as other federal employees. So yes, they are tied in with other federal employees, as least as far as being offered the same thing.

[rpannier]

7. Thanks

Appreciate the info.