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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:44 PM
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We burned draft cards and changed America,
Why can't we burn insurance cards?
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:51 PM
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1. Better yet... why can't we burn our pink slips?
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:10 PM
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7. Better yet, displaced workers should take over the
shuttered factories.
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:12 PM
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9. and do what?
where are they going to get the money to run the factories -- pay the utilities, purchase raw materials, pay employees?
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:33 PM
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13. Worker Control Solution
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:56 PM
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2. K&R
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:56 PM
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3. You can - just don't expect to get free health care or insurance aid
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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:56 PM
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4. You can
Burning draft cards demonstrated a willingness to break the law. What does burning insurance cards represent? It's not illegal and it doesn't hurt anyone but yourself.
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:57 PM
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5. we burned our draft cards because we didn't want to be drafted
are we supposed to burn our insurance cards because we don't want insurance?
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:09 PM
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6. Are you saying if you burn your card, your coverage drops?
I wasn't aware of that.
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:10 PM
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8. I'm saying that there was a connect between burning our cards and what we wanted
Not sure I see that in the action of burning an insurance card.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:13 PM
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11. It's called symbolic protest. Burn them on the steps of Capital Hill.
All you have to do is keep a copy on file. Do it just to tell them to go to hell.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:12 PM
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10. Personally...
...I liked the women burning bras even more.

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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 01:22 PM
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12. Some of y'all were over there fragging your commanding officers
That had as much to do with changing America as any burning of cards.

I'll leave it to the reader what to infer from that.
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